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Skin-lightening product – Caro Light “Lightening Beauty Lotion”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 2 May 2019In the weekly report of 10 May 2019 (week 19, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 2 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Skin-lightening product
Brand
Caro Light (16 alerts)
Name
Lightening Beauty Lotion
Type / model
with carrot oil
Batch
L 10B78376; F 19 06 18; E 19 06 20
Description
Skin lightening body lotion in a 500 ml plastic bottle with an orange cap.
Risk
The product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 3.8 % by weight). Hydroquinone can cause skin irritation and dermatitis and might also induce cancer.The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
Measures
  • Import rejected at border · ordered on the importer · from 5 Apr 2019
  • Destruction of the product · ordered on the importer · from 5 Apr 2019
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/0723/19
Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.

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Other alerts for Caro Light

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0723/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-019 (XML)
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