Chemical

Skin-lightening product

White Gold
Skin-lightening product
Case number
A12/1069/13
Category
Cosmetics
Type / Model
Unknown
Batch
Unknown
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Country of origin
Pakistan
Published
2013-08-16

⚠️ Risk

null 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.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Warning consumers of the risksDate of entry into force: 15/07/2013Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the marketDate of entry into force: Unknown

Whitening face cream in a black plastic pot, with information leaflet, packaged in black cardboard box marked ‘White Gold Whitening Cream with Blackberry extract’
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