London cosmetics firms fined for selling Pakistani skin whitening creams

Faiza Beauty Cream, Golden Pearl, Stillman’s, Maxi Light and Face Fresh among products seized


News Desk January 17, 2017
Faiza Beauty Cream, Golden Pearl, Stillman’s, Maxi Light and Face Fresh among products seized. PHOTO: STOCK IMAGE

London Trading Standards has fined fifteen businesses for selling harmful beauty products, including Pakistani skin whitening creams, according to the BBC.

The businesses were fined £168,579 for selling unsafe cosmetics, the majority of them skin lightening products.

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Some of the products contained enough harmful chemicals to cause organ damage, officials said. The products said to be harmful include Pakistani skin products such as Faiza Beauty Cream, Golden Pearl, Stillman’s, Maxi Light and Face Fresh.

Officials said the prolonged use of these products could cause cancer, skin discolouration and skin thinning. These products contain hazardous and prohibited levels of hydroquinone, mercury or corticosteroids. Faiza Beauty Cream reportedly contains 0.54 per cent of toxic mercury.

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London Trading Standards said officers found and seized "hundreds of thousands" of the products in a coordinated campaign.

Further, the Trading Standards said at least 15 online sellers offering prohibited skin lightening products have been identified using eBay. Efforts are being made to locate them, said the officials.

Officers in Waltham Forest recently seized more than 3,000 products from one such seller. Company bosses, who sell banned cosmetic products can be sent to prison and fined up to £20,000 per offence.

This article originally appeared on BBC.

COMMENTS (9)

Dr. Mahmood | 7 years ago | Reply one would like to know how the source/origin of a product is established. The label on the product could be fake ... any label with any information on any products can be pasted by anyone anywhere. We had all the difficulties to locate the manufacturers of the most hazardous SWC products we studied. Even the shopkeepers were most tight-lipped in providing information about supplier and most unwillingly gave us the receipts of the purchase from their respective shops.
concerned citizen | 7 years ago | Reply i hope our authorities take notice of this, like they did with the axact case.
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