3441 – PORTUGAL GOVERNMENT RENEWS CRACKDOWN ON RISKY COSMETICS
February 1st, 2012
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) consumer alert network RAPEX has reported that Portugal has relaunched tough action against imported cosmetics it deems a potential health risk. Last year saw a spate of filings from Portugal about seizures and sales bans and Lisbon has now redoubled its efforts this year, with eight products targeted by consumer protection authorities in February alone. Of these, three lines were made in the Ivory Coast and three the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the others were of unknown provenance. Products ...
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