Official recall record
R and r luxury limited skincare shea butter body balm
- Issuing authority
- OPSS (UK)
- Alert date
- 2025-01-17
- Country of alert
- United Kingdom
- Alert level
- Product Safety Report
- Alert type
- Product safety report
- Brand on record
- R&R Skincare
What the authority reported
The product presents a serious chemical risk as it contains 12,900 mg/kg of Citral which is higher than the safe limit for this ingredient in cosmetics. Permitted fragrance allergens were detected in the product at a concentration above the limit of quantification, without being indicated on the product’s label. This includes: Citral, Eugenol, Geraniol, Isoeugenol, Limonene and Linalool. According to Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013, the presence of these allergenic substances must be indicated in the ingredients list of a leave-on product when the concentration of the substance exceeds 0.001% (10 mg/kg). The product does not meet the requirements of Regulation 1223/2009 or the Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013.
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-06-05.
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