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The unmissable event of this year
Friday, October 7, 2022Products

Recall of products - 7 October 2022

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Every week, dedicated European portals (Safety Gate for the European Union, Safety Database for the United Kingdom) list the non-compliant and/or dangerous products detected on the market by the control authorities. Here are the cosmetic products that are subject to a recall or a marketing ban this week: a lightening cream formulated with an ingredient prohibited in cosmetics and baby powder containing asbestos.

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Whitening cream

Brand: Dream Cosmetics
Name: Caro White

Barcode: 6181100530070
Batch number: 13/29905-B

Country of origin: Ivory Coast
Notifying country: Italy

Risk type: chemical
The product contains hydroquinone. Hydroquinone is a skin sensitiser and may cause allergic contact dermatitis.
The product does not comply with the Cosmetic Products Regulation.

Measures ordered by public authorities (to importer): withdrawal of the product from the market.

Baby powder

Brand: Purity
Name: Essentials Baby Powder

Barcodes: 6009523601859, 6009523601866, 6009523601828, 6009523604515

Country of origin: South Africa
Notifying country: United Kingdom

Risk type: chemical
The product has been identified as containing trace levels of asbestos in test samples from a batch of pharmaceutical-grade talc powder used as raw material in the production of finished powder products.

Corrective measures: recall of product from end users.

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