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Skin-lightening product – BSQ, Caro Bright+ “Caro bright+ Lemon”

Serious risk Chemical

Published by Safety Gate 6 Aug 2019In the weekly report of 16 Aug 2019 (week 33, 2019)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Skin-lightening product
Brand
BSQ (10 alerts), Caro Bright+ (2 alerts)
Brand as notified
BSQ /, Caro bright+
Name
Caro bright+ Lemon
Batch
L 16173; 8713887001474
Barcode
8713887001474
Description
Skin-lightening product: yellow-brown cream in a plastic jar packaged in cellophane.
Risk
The product contains kojic acid (measured value: 2.8% by weight). Kojic acid can induce skin sensitisation and is not considered safe when used on large areas of skin.The product does not comply with the Cosmetics regulation.
Measures
  • Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures · ordered on the retailer · from 19 Jul 2019
  • Destruction of the product · by the retailer · from 17 Jul 2019
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Unknown
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1227/19Photo 2 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1227/19Photo 3 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1227/19Photo 4 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1227/19
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1227/19
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2019-033 (XML)
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