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Urgent health warning over contaminated beauty cream
CONTAMINATED beauty cream containing lead – which can lead to brain damage – has been on sale in Burnley.
Lancashire County Council's Trading Standards Service warned the public about the affected product which contained 26mg/kg of lead. On being told of the problem, the Burnley retailer of the cream removed remaining stocks from sale.
Tests have indicated "Zero-Mark Natural Fairness Beauty Cream" contains lead, a chemical ingredient prohibited in cosmetics and is known to have toxic properties which in severe cases can lead to brain and nervous system damage.
County Coun. Marcus Johnstone, Cabinet member for community, planning and partnerships, said: "If consumers have purchased the beauty cream, they should stop using it immediately. Any retailers who have the cream in stock should ensure it is removed from sale and must not sell it."
The cream is sold in a cardboard outer box labelled with a batch number 001 and a manufacturing date of 03/2006. Both the tube and cardboard box are labelled with a distributor of Alamgeer Foods, Darlaston WS10 8BW.
The discovery of the cream follows a survey of skin lightening products on sale across Preston and the East of the county, predominantly from shops within the Asian community.
No information is currently available as to how much of the product has been imported but it may have been widely distributed throughout the UK. The distributor is currently undertaking a product recall.
The problem was discovered when eight different products were sampled and analysed for compliance with the Cosmetic Products (Safety) Regulations 2008. The regulations prohibit the use of heavy metals, including lead, in cosmetics such as face creams.
If people have bought the contaminated beauty cream, they should report the matter to Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06 and Trading Standards will investigate.
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