GERMANY BLOCKS COSMETICS SALES OVER HYDROQUINONE
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY has reported sales withdrawals for four cosmetics products over hydroquinone content - three Ivory Coast products and one American. European Union (EU) consumer alert service RAPEX reported recalls of an Ivorian 'Body Butter - Lait Cocoa Butter' line for containing 6.16% hydroquinone, breaching the EU's 1976 cosmetics directive. Similar problems caused the withdrawal of Ivorian skin lightening creams Peau Claire with vitamin E (hydroquinone content 5%) and Sivoclair (hydroquinone 4.6%). There was also a recall of US-made Clear Essence ...
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