The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has banned more than 100 beauty products from the Kenyan market following an evaluation of the safety of some of their components.
According to KEBS’s Managing Director Bernard Njiraini, the products contain substances such as hydroquinone and steroids meant for medical use and should only be purchased and used with a doctor’s prescription.
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Njiarini further stated that the products were banned in Kenya in previous years, with a mandatory requirement for their registration with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board should they be recommended for medical use.
“Their use in cosmetics was prohibited through gazette notices 4310 of 14th August 1998 and 7169 of November 2000,” said Njiraini.
“They should not be sold in the open market but only in registered pharmacies and chemists. The products listed above contain hydroquinone, steroids, mercury and hydrogen peroxide. They have not been registered with Pharmacy and Poisons Board as medicines,”
Extra clair lightening body lotion, Precieux treatment beauty lotion, Clear essence skin beautifying milk, Ultra clear, Topiclear, Clear touch lotion, Fair white body clearing milk, Sivoclair lightening body lotion, Body clear, Movate, Mekako, Jaribu, Tura, Acura, Rico, Fair lady, Elegance and Miki and Jambo are some of the banned products.
Others include Jaribu Skin Lightening Lotion, A3 lemon skin lightening lotion Princess lotion, Amira skin lightening lotion, Kiss lotion, Peau Claire beauty body lotion, A3 clear touch complexion lotion and Rico skin lightening lotion.
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Crusader skin toning cream, Malibu medicated cream, Opiclear cream, Carekako medicated cream, Dream successful, Uno21 cream, Envi skin toner, viva super lemon, Glotone complexion cream, Tonight night beauty cream, Clere extra cream, Malaika medicated beauty cream.
Baraka skin lightening cream, Amira cream, Rico complexion cream, Shirley cream, Princess patra luxury complexion cream, Ambi special complexion cream, Nindola cream, Claire crème and Fulani creme eclaircissante, Cleartone skin toning cream, Cleartone extra skin toning cream, Elegance skin lightening cream, Fade out cream, Crusader ultra-brand cream,.
Clear essence medicated fade cream, O’nyia skin crème, Mr. Clere cream, Top lemon plus cream, Ultime skin lightening cream, Peauclaire crème eclaircissante, Binti jambo cream, Dear heart with hydroquinone cream, Nish medicated cream, Palmer’s skin success fade cream, Body clear cream, Symba creme skin lite ‘n’ smooth.
