HICC (Lyral): products flagged in official safety alerts

145 EU Safety Gate alerts concern products flagged for HICC (Lyral). The first dates from 26 May 2020, the latest from 13 October 2026.

Stands out

Compared with all 24,059 alerts, these stand out for perfume and eau de toilette (65% here, 9% overall) and the reason “ingredient not allowed in cosmetics” (100% here, 22% overall).

Rank

In the 12 months to 30 October 2026, HICC (Lyral) ranked 8th of 20 chemicals by number of alerts (38).

Rank

Its share of all alerts fell from 1.1% to 0.8% between the four quarters before and the last four, so it grew more slowly than alerts overall.

Trend

In the last four complete quarters there were 36, down from 53 in the four quarters before.

Hazards

The hazards named most often are chemical (100%).

Why flagged

Read from the official risk descriptions, the most common reasons are ingredient not allowed in cosmetics (100%), restricted chemical above the legal limit (3%) and allergen not declared on the label (1%).

Made in

30% were for products made in Italy, 15% were for products made in France and 8% were for products made in United Arab Emirates.

Products

The products flagged most are perfume and eau de toilette (65%), creams and lotions (19%) and skin-lightening creams (4%).

Sold online

8% of the EU alerts were marked as sold online, and 5% name an online marketplace, most often Amazon.

Outcome

The most common outcome was sales ban (54% of EU alerts); 75% included a measure ordered by an authority.

Reported by

The EU alerts were notified most often by the authorities of Italy (52%), Sweden (15%) and Northern Ireland (10%).