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EU Safety Gate · Report-2015-006
Clear Essence · Advanced Complex Fade Gel
The product contains 2% by weight of hydroquinone. Hydroquinone causes skin irritation and dermatitis. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
- Published
- 13 February 2015
- Notifying authority
- United Kingdom
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Destruction of the product. Date of entry into force: 13/01/2015
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0174/15
- Model
- Unknown
- Batch
- LOT 2813
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Not published
Product description
Fade gel for treatment of dark spots and blemishes with sunscreen, contained in a plastic tube with a screw top, net weight 2.0 oz. (57g) and packaged in pink cardboard box. Both the box and tube are marked: Clear Essence Advanced Complex Fade Gel, with alpha hydroxy acid.