{
  "alert_number": "A12/1227/19",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/a12-1227-19",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/379078",
  "safety_gate_published": "2019-08-06",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2019,
    "week": 33,
    "date": "2019-08-16"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin-lightening product",
  "brand_as_notified": "BSQ /, Caro bright+",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "BSQ",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/bsq"
    },
    {
      "name": "Caro Bright+",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/carobright"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Caro bright+ Lemon",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "L 16173; 8713887001474",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [
    "8713887001474"
  ],
  "description": "Skin-lightening product: yellow-brown cream in a plastic jar packaged in cellophane.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "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.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "19 Jul 2019"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Destruction of the product",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": "17 Jul 2019"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Ban on the marketing of the product and any accompanying measures\nDate of entry into force: 19/07/2019\nType of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product\nDate of entry into force: 17/07/2019",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Germany",
  "country_of_origin": "Unknown",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "L 16173; 8713887001474"
    ],
    "models": []
  },
  "licence": "Weekly-report fields CC0 1.0; official_record and counterfeit: © European Union, CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "EU Safety Gate. recallarchive is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission; the official notice is authoritative."
}