EU MEMBER STATES IMPOSE COSMETICS BANS OVER SAFETY CONCERNS
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has circulated throughout the European Union (EU) series of consumer alerts made over potentially harmful nail polish receiving retail bans in member states. Using its RAPEX alert service, the Commission warned of a marketing ban in Estonia of US-made nail polish range Pinnacle. There were 23 lines of Pinnacle nail polishes in 15ml bottles removed from sale by Estonian authorities because of concerns that they contained dibutyl-phthalate (DBP), banned in cosmetics under the EU cosmetic directive. Pinnacle lines affected ...
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