UK SEIZES AND DESTROYS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HENNA PRODUCTS

THE UK government has reported to European Union (EU) consumer protection network Rapex that its consumer protection authorities have seized and destroyed potentially dangerous henna-based personal care products. In two cases these were hair dyes imported from India under the Moon Star brand’s Herbal Henna line – their copper brown and burgundy products. In another case, Saudi Arabia-made Rani Kone Black Henna used for hand decoration was seized and destroyed. In all cases, they contained excess levels of a sensitiser para-phenylenediamine (PPD), breaching ...


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