{
  "alert_number": "SR/03772/25",
  "url": "https://recallarchive.com/alert/sr-03772-25",
  "official_notice": "https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10096435",
  "safety_gate_published": "2025-10-29",
  "weekly_report": {
    "year": 2025,
    "week": 44,
    "date": "2025-10-31"
  },
  "category": "Cosmetics",
  "product": "Skin lightening cream",
  "brand_as_notified": "Les Laboratoires Biopharma",
  "brands": [
    {
      "name": "Les Laboratoires Biopharma",
      "url": "https://recallarchive.com/brand/leslaboratoiresbiopharma"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Rapid Clair Super Eclaircissant Lightening Cream",
  "model": null,
  "batch": null,
  "barcode_as_notified": "3700607900013",
  "barcodes": [
    "3700607900013"
  ],
  "description": "Skin lightening 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, might cause cancer and cause serious eye damage. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.",
  "risk_level": "Serious risk",
  "measures": [
    {
      "measure": "The goods have been seized from the retail premises and are in safe storage awaiting destruction",
      "operator": "Retailer",
      "ordered": true,
      "from": "25 Nov 2024"
    }
  ],
  "measures_as_published": "Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Retailer\nCategory of measure(s): The goods have been seized from the retail premises and are in safe storage awaiting destruction.\nDate of entry into force: 25/11/2024",
  "company_recall_code": null,
  "recall_page": null,
  "online_marketplaces": [],
  "notifying_country": "United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland",
  "country_of_origin": "Cameroon",
  "alert_type": "Consumer",
  "counterfeit": false,
  "official_record": {
    "barcodes": [
      "3700607900013"
    ],
    "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."
}