RAPEX REVEALS MORE COSMETICS BANS IN EUROPE
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) consumer protection information network RAPEX has warned of two more safety bans on cosmetics products in Europe. Sweden has banned the sale of South Africa's Tura England skin lightening cream for containing banned methyldibromo glutaronitrile; and Austria has banned the US-made MAXI-TONE skin lightening lotion with shea butter for containing more than 2% of hydroquinone, both breaking the EU cosmetics directive.
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THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) consumer protection information network RAPEX has warned of two more safety bans on cosmetics products in Europe. Sweden has banned the sale of South Africa's Tura England skin lightening cream for containing banned methyldibromo glutaronitrile; and Austria has banned the US-made MAXI-TONE skin lightening lotion with shea butter for containing more than 2% of hydroquinone, both breaking the EU cosmetics directive.
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