EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-032
White Gold · Whitening Cream with Blackberry extract
The product poses a chemical risk because it contains mercury (9720 mg/kg) as a skin lightening substance, which can cause damage to internal organs. The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive.
- Published
- 16 August 2013
- Notifying authority
- United Kingdom
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risks. Date of entry into force: 15/07/2013 · Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- A12/1069/13
- Model
- Unknown
- Batch
- Unknown
Classification
- Category
- Cosmetics
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Pakistan
Product description
Whitening face cream in a black plastic pot, with information leaflet, packaged in black cardboard box marked ‘White Gold Whitening Cream with Blackberry extract’