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Caro White skin-lightening cream "lightening beauty cream" — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalJul 1, 2011
Photo from the official notice: Caro White skin-lightening cream "lightening beauty cream" — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Caro White skin-lightening cream "lightening beauty cream" — chemical risk
Photo from the official notice: Caro White skin-lightening cream "lightening beauty cream" — chemical risk

Photos from the official notice: EU Safety Gate (European Commission) · image rights

Hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 4.3% by weight of hydroquinone as a skin-lightening substance which is prohibited by the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Product description

Skin-lightening cream in an opaque white plastic pot, orange plastic screw-top lid, 300 ml, printed in red, no outer packaging.

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and check the official notice for what the seller or authority advises (return, refund, repair or disposal). Measures listed here were reported by national authorities to the EU Safety Gate system.

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