Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2019-019
Caro Light · Lightening Beauty Lotion
The product contains hydroquinone (measured value: 3.8 % by weight). Hydroquinone can cause skin irritation and dermatitis and might also induce cancer. The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
- Published
- 10 May 2019
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer. Category of measure(s): Import rejected at border. Date of entry into force: 05/04/2019 · Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Importer. Category of measure(s): Destruction of the product. Date of entry into force: 05/04/2019
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/0723/19
- Model
- with carrot oil
- Batch
- L 10B78376; F 19 06 18; E 19 06 20
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Democratic Republic Of Congo
Product description
Skin lightening body lotion in a 500 ml plastic bottle with an orange cap.