Unlike Pakistan fulfilling Quality Standards is necessary in international market if you want to sell your products. Many Pakistani cosmetic companies thought they will be able to sell their harmful products in UK but they were wrong.
[junkie-alert style=”green”] London Trading Standards recently carried a crackdown on harmful cosmetics which were fined £168,579. In total 15 businesses were fined which means each was fined £11,239 on average. [/junkie-alert]
Most of the products were skin whitening and beauty creams such as:
- Faiza Beauty Cream
- Golden Pearl
- Stillman’s
- Face Fresh
- Grace Duo
These products contained harmful substances which cause skin thinning, organ damage and even cancer.
Faiza cream contained toxic mercury which can cause cancer. Grace Duo contained 18% hydroquinone, a bleaching agent. This was the highest amount found in any product, far above the allowed amount.
Faiza Beauty Cream is made of chemicals that can cause cancer, says BBC. The shop owners selling it have been arrested in London.
— Junaid Akram (@june_aid) January 14, 2017
After the news was reported on BBC the market for these products is going down in Pakistan. Previously there were no quality check in Pakistan and it seems that even after this report report the government will not take any action.