{
  "alert_number": "SR/00559/26",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-00559-26",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10097897",
  "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": "My Cosmetics",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "My Cosmetics",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/mycosmetics"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Mega White Herbal Beauty Cream",
  "model": null,
  "batch": "580707",
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Skin lightening cream. Product sold online, in particular via thebeautywell.org.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains mercury (measured value: 2900 mg/kg). Mercury accumulates in the body and can damage the kidneys, brain and nervous system. Additionally, it may affect reproduction and the unborn child. 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": "Sweden",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [],
    "batches": [
      "580707"
    ],
    "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."
}