Recall of day creams: contain substances that are banned throughout the EU

Created: 04/21/2022, 17:13

By: Magdalena von Zumbusch

Recall: The Charlotte Meentzen brand is recalling cream products: These contain the banned substance Lillial.

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The synthetic fragrance Lillial has been banned throughout the EU since March 1, 2022: The Öko-Test Foundation has detected the substance in creams from the Charlotte Meentzen brand.

Munich -

recently detected the allergenic substance Lillial, which is now banned throughout the EU, in tinted day creams from the Charlotte Meentzen brand.

The creams are now being recalled by Lillial.

Recall concerns: Tinted day cream by Charlotte Meentzen in two shades

In a test of tinted face creams, the consumer magazine

detected the allergenic substance Lillial, which is now banned throughout the EU, in products from Charloote Meentzen.

Charlotte Meentzen Kräutervital Cosmetics GmbH is calling back the batches of the following products delivered by the beginning of March on its website:

• Herbal vital day cream tinted beige, item number 150, the following product batches:

• 194104

  
  

  200501

  
  

  201202

  
  

  203803

  
  

  210501

  
  

  211902

  
  

  213103

  
  

  220201

• Kräutervital day cream tinted caramel, article number 151, the following product batches:

• 194102

  
  

  200901

  
  

  203802

  
  

  211901

  
  

  214702

Recall is necessary because: EU-wide sales ban for Lillial

Charlotte Meentzen GmbH reports on its website that Lilial (INCI: butylphenyl methylpropional) is a synthetic fragrance.

It is one of the 26 perfume oil ingredients that have to be declared on the product packaging due to their allergenic potential.

A few years ago, the health safety of Lilial was reassessed and further scientific data was collected.

In a statement from May 2019, the SCCS (Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety), advisor to the European Commission on safety issues relating to consumer goods, classified Lillial as an ingredient of concern in cosmetics, according to Charlotte Meentzen GmbH.

Based on these results, a sales ban will apply to products with this ingredient from March 1st, 2022.

Recall mainly because of the danger for allergy sufferers: do not use the cream if you have intolerances

Products with Lilial were allowed to be offered in stores until the end of February 2022 and could still be used up afterwards, Charlotte Meentzen states in his recall.

However, since Lilial is an allergenic substance and is not declared on the packaging of the recalled tinted day creams, allergy sufferers and people with intolerances in particular are advised not to use the product anymore.

Testers from the batches mentioned are also affected and should be discarded.

Customer service is available at the email address produktrueckruf@meentzen.de for all other questions.

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