{
  "alert_number": "SR/01531/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-01531-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10094040",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-04-23",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 17,
    "date": "2025-04-25"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightening lotion",
  "brand_as_notified": null,
  "brands": [],
  "name": "Elixir light, glutathion",
  "model": "Elixir",
  "batch": "0488",
  "barcode_as_notified": "6028050109010",
  "barcodes": [
    "6028050109010"
  ],
  "description": "Skin lightening lotion, 250 ml. Product sold online, in particular via eBay.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains hydroquinone, which is prohibited in cosmetic products. Hydroquinone may cause an allergic skin reaction, can cause cancer and causes serious eye damage. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "Import rejected at border",
      "operator": "Importer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "9 Apr 2025"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer\nCategory of measure(s): Import rejected at border\nDate of entry into force: 09/04/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [
    "eBay"
  ],
  "notifying_country": "Sweden",
  "country_of_origin": "Togo",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "6028050109010"
    ],
    "batches": [
      "0488"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Elixir"
    ]
  },
  "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."
}