EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-14
CLEAR ESSENCE · Advanced Complex Fade Gel with Sunscreen
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 1.8% hydroquinone. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Directive 76/768/EEC.
- Published
- 11 April 2008
- Notifying authority
- Ireland
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0397/08
- Model
- 15FGA
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- United States
Product description
43g (1.5oz) clear gel in a metal tube packaged in a cardboard box. The front and back of the box have pink and cream vertical panels. The top flap of the box is pink and the bottom flap is cream. Both sides of the box are blue. The brand logo is a globe with a black lozenge across its centre containing the words "Clear Essence" in pink and cream lettering. The tube also has pink and cream panels and the same logo.