GERMANY COSMETICS BAN SPAIN
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SPANISH-made body lightening lotion called NIUMA has been withdrawn from sale in Germany because its ingredients include the potentially harmful substance hydroquinone (at a proportion of 5.7 %; +/- 0.1 %). The European Commission's RAPEX consumer-alert service reported there had been a "voluntary withdrawal from the market", with "information/warnings displayed" at retail stores.
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A SPANISH-made body lightening lotion called NIUMA has been withdrawn from sale in Germany because its ingredients include the potentially harmful substance hydroquinone (at a proportion of 5.7 %; +/- 0.1 %). The European Commission's RAPEX consumer-alert service reported there had been a "voluntary withdrawal from the market", with "information/warnings displayed" at retail stores.
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