{
  "alert_number": "SR/00554/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-00554-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10097738",
  "safety_gate_published": "2026-02-17",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2026,
    "week": 7,
    "date": "2026-02-20"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightening cream",
  "brand_as_notified": "Dream Cosmetics",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Dream Cosmetics",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/dreamcosmetics"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Citrolight Lightening beauty lotion",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Skin lightening cream, 500 ml.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains hydroquinone (measured value up to 2% by weight), which is prohibited in this cosmetic product. Hydroquinone may cause an allergic skin reaction and might cause cancer 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": "Other",
      "ordered": false,
      "from": null
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other\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": "Ivory Coast",
  "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."
}