Product Wiki · Recalls · EU Safety Gate (RAPEX)

Lait Éclaircissant - Energie - Lightening Milk — recall SR/03597/25

EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) · Germany · 2025-10-24 · Serious risk

Machine-translated with AI — the facts come from the issuing authority’s own notice (linked on this page); this language version was translated automatically by an AI model and is not reviewed. The original-language notice is authoritative. How we use AI →
Agency
EU Safety Gate (RAPEX)
Recall identifier
SR/03597/25
Date of alert
2025-10-24
Country / jurisdiction
Germany
Risk level
Serious risk
Risk type
Chemical
Brand
Pr. Francoise Bedon Paris
Product category
Cosmetics
Product type
Skin lightening milk
Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
3045621624522
Reported risk: Das Produkt enthält Hydrochinon (Messwert bis zu 6,2 %), das in kosmetischen Mitteln verboten ist. Hydrochinon kann eine allergische Hautreaktion hervorrufen, Krebs verursachen und schwere Augenschäden verursachen. Darüber hinaus enthält das Produkt laut Zutatenliste 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl)propionaldehyd (BMHCA), das in kosmetischen Mitteln verboten ist. BMHCA kann das Fortpflanzungssystem schädigen, die Gesundheit des ungeborenen Kindes schädigen und Hautsensibilisierung verursachen. Das Produkt entspricht nicht der Verordnung über kosmetische Mittel.
Action taken by the authority
Type of economic operator taking notified measure
Retailer
Category of measure
Stop of sales
Machine translation. This page was translated automatically from the English record we hold of the issuing authority’s notice. The English original is shown below and the authority’s own notice is linked above — both take precedence over this translation.

Product Name (original English): Lait Éclaircissant - Energie - Lightening Milk

Risk Description (original English): The product contains hydroquinone (measured value up to 6.2%), which is prohibited in cosmetic products. Hydroquinone may cause an allergic skin reaction, can cause cancer and causes serious eye damage. Moreover, according to the list of ingredients, the product contains 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (BMHCA), which is prohibited in cosmetic products. BMHCA may harm the reproductive system, may harm the health of the unborn child and may cause skin sensitisation.

Primary source: https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10096211

Verify each fact at the issuing agency before acting. Recall scope, affected lots, and remediation instructions may be updated by the agency after our last sync.

ProductGuru indexes recall and safety-alert records from ~30 public agency registries. We are not lawyers, regulators or product-safety consultants. This page restates what the named agency published; consult the primary source above (or qualified counsel in your jurisdiction) before any commercial, medical or safety decision.