CONTAMINATED MAKE-UP REMOVER PULLED FROM FRENCH MARKET
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission's RAPEX consumer alert service has reported that certain EUMADIS make-up removers for dry and sensitive skins have been voluntarily pulled from the French market. Brussels reported that some batches had been found containing the bacteria pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is "capable of producing infections, especially where lesions are present."
THE EUROPEAN Commission's RAPEX consumer alert service has reported that certain EUMADIS make-up removers for dry and sensitive skins have been voluntarily pulled from the French market. Brussels reported that some batches had been found containing the bacteria pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is "capable of producing infections, especially where lesions are present."
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