IRELAND REPORTS SKIN CREAM WITHDRAWALS OVER HYDROQUINONE HEALTH CONCERNS
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IRISH consumer protection authorities have reported the withdrawal of American skin toning cream with vitamin E and sunscreen Clear-n-Smooth, saying its 2% hydroquinone concentration breaks the European Union's (EU) cosmetics directive. EU product alert service RAPEX also noted the withdrawal from Irish cosmetics shops of Ivory Coast-made lightening body oil Peau Claire over illegal hydroquinone concentrations. Meanwhile, Portuguese authorities have banned Italian anti-wrinkle and anti-blemish cream Rigenera, (the Collistar brand), which broke ...
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