{
  "alert_number": "SR/00197/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-00197-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10097089",
  "safety_gate_published": "2026-01-22",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2026,
    "week": 4,
    "date": "2026-01-30"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightening cream",
  "brand_as_notified": "Lviera",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Lviera",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/lviera"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Whitening Carrot",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Skin whitening cream.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains hydroquinone, which is prohibited in cosmetic products. Hydroquinone may cause an allergic skin reaction and causes serious eye damage. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Stop of sales",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Stop of sales\nDate of entry into force: Unknown",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "Sweden",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [],
    "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."
}