EU CONSUMER SAFETY NETWORK WARNS OF MORE HYDROQUINONE ALERTS IN WHITENING PRODUCTS
July 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) consumer safety alert network Rapex has warned that illegal hydroquinone content is continuing to be discovered in skin whitening products across Europe. Portuguese customs, for instance, seized Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)-manufactured Angel Cosmetics lightening beauty soap with carrot oil for containing the chemical, banned under the EU cosmetics directive. Also Dutch consumer authorities withdrew US-made Palmer's Skin Success Fade Cream for the same reason. And Maltese customs seized DRC-made Caro White Beauty ...
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