{
  "alert_number": "SR/03295/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-03295-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10095722",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-09-12",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 38,
    "date": "2025-09-19"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightening cream",
  "brand_as_notified": "Pretty White!",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Pretty White!",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/prettywhite"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Lightening Body Cream",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": null,
  "barcodes": [],
  "description": "Skin lightening cream.",
  "production_dates": null,
  "risk_type": "Chemical",
  "risk": "The product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 5% by weight), which is prohibited in this cosmetic product. Hydroquinone may cause an allergic skin reaction, might cause cancer and cause 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": "30 Jul 2025"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Destruction of the product",
      "operator": "Distributor",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "30 Jul 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: 30/07/2025\nType of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Distributor\nCategory of measure(s): Destruction of the product\nDate of entry into force: 30/07/2025",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland",
  "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."
}