GERMAN CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICERS TARGET IVORY COAST PRODUCTS
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMAN consumer protection officials have warned of sales restrictions on Ivory Coast skin whitening products - European Union (EU) alert service RAPEX has reported. These include the G&G brand Dynamiclair Lightening Beauty Crème; Body White brand body clearing gel and HP.3 body clearing oil; and Bio Claire lightening body cream. They all had excess glucocorticoid clobetasol propionate, breaking the EU cosmetics directive. Meanwhile, Estonian authorities have banned Russian hair care product 'ANTISEDIN' (brand - Dve linii) over lead ...
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