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Lightening body cream - Lightening & Purifying Body Creme

24th April 2010

Item Description:

Brand: Maxi Light

Type/number of model: D 79094S4 10019657-001 EAN code: 6 181100 231731

Description: Skin-whitening cream. 300 ml pot made of opaque brown plastic with a brown plastic screw cap.

Country of origin: Ivory Coast

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Danger:

Chemical

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 3.6 ± 0.1% of hydroquinone as a skin-whitening agent.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC.

Action Taken:

Voluntary stop of sales by the distributor.

Notifying Country:

Austria

The Next Step...

Notes & History:

24th April 2010 by Recalls Importer

Item imported from European Commission RAPEX

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