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Pearl Face Whitening Beauty Cream skin-lightening product — chemical risk

EU Safety GateSerious riskChemicalAug 16, 2013
Photo from the official notice: Pearl Face Whitening Beauty Cream skin-lightening product — chemical risk

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

Hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains mercury (15000 mg/kg) as a skin lightening substance.The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive.

Measures taken

  • Warning consumers of the risks — Other (15/07/2013)
  • Withdrawal of the product from the market — Other

Product description

Whitening cream in a white plastic pot, with information leaflet, packaged in pink cardboard box marked 'Beauty Plan 1 Week, Pearl Face Whitening Beauty Cream.'

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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