Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2011-021
MIC · Skin lightening cream "Skin Litener Cream"
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 0.7% of hydroquinone as a skin-lightening substance which is prohibited by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC
- Published
- 27 May 2011
- Notifying authority
- The Netherlands
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0462/11
- Model
- Batch code 626 exp 1009 EAN code 501166031135 50 gram
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Not published
Product description
Red and white cardboard box with red, blue and white characters. Labelled “contains hydroquinone 2 %”