Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2011-024
Caro · Skin lightening cream "Caro light Lightening Beaut
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 4.67% of hydroquinone as a skin-lightening substance which is prohibited by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.
- Published
- 17 June 2011
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
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Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0540/11
- Batch
- 9501101370111; Product ref.: 11B07487; use-by date 14.07.2012
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 9501101370111
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Democratic Republic Of Congo
Product description
Container: white plastic pot (120 ml), with all-over orange print and orange screw-top lid; sealed foil cap.