List Of Banned Cosmetics In Uganda
What is classed as cosmetic?
A “cosmetic product” shall mean any substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning.
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has put out a list of up to 150 skin products that have been banned in the country.
The products, which include creams, soaps and lotions are said to contain cancer causing chemicals Hydroquinone and Mercury.
Both chemicals have been described by medical experts as carcinogens, which means that they are capable of causing cancer to living tissues.
Majority of the banned products, both locally made and imported were found containing hydroquinone, a depigmenting agent which in effect decreases the formation of melanin in the skin.
Last week, UNBS officials together with Police led an operation in the city center in which they raided different outlets of Sure Deal Cosmetics, where a number of employees were arrested and boxes of cosmetics.
Victoria Namutebi, the UNBS Spokesperson says while Sure Deal was earlier nabbed and fined for using deadly ingredients and fined, it was recently discovered that they continued to use the same chemicals.
“We just realized that this time she is using the same ingredients and she’s not labeling it on the product. We did a lab test and most of her creams tested positive,” she said.
The banned skin products are listed below
COSMETIC PRODUCTS CONTAINNG HYDROQUINONE CREAMS
1. Maxi Claire beauty cream
2. Rapid White
3. Caro Light
4. Carro 7
5. Djarabi
6. Clairmen
7. Skin light
8. Caro Liss
9. Citro Light
10. Top clair plus
11. L’abidjanaise
12. Mekako
13. Bio 21 Jours
14. Cocoderm
15. Rico
16. Maxi light
17. Pure White
18. Princess
19. C & G
20. Extra Toning
21. Butone
22. Carotone
23. Sivo Clair
24. Extra Cream
25. Yes To
26. Rejuvenating Cream
27. Mic
28. Touch and Clear
29. Caro skin
30. Viva Super Lemon
31. Ultra Skin Tone
32. Ikb Medicated Cream
33. Princess Patra Luxury Complexion Cream
34. Fade – Out
35. Crusader Skin Toning Cream
36. Envi Skin Toner
37. Palmer`s Skin Success (pack)
38. Tura Bright & Even Cream
39. Zarina Medicated Skin Lightener
40. Fair & white Active Lightening
41. Claire Cream
42. Ambi Special Complexion
43. Fair & White Whitening
44. Miki Beauty Cream
45. Lolane Cream
46. Fair & White Strong Bleaching Treatment Cream
47. Peau Claire Crème Eclaircissante
48. Glotone Complexion Cream
49. Fair & white Body Clearing milk
50. Clear Essence Skin Beautifying Milk
51. Nindola Cream
52. Maxi – Tone fade
53. Tura Skin Toning Cream
54. Tonight Night Beauty Cream
55. Nadinola Fade
56. Madonna Medicated Beauty
57. Fulani Cream Eclaircissante Cream
58. Clear Essence Medicated fade
59. Mrembo Medicated Beauty Cream
60. Clere Lemon Cream
61. Ultra Skin Tone
62. Shirley Cream
63. Clere Extra Cream
64. Fade – Out
65. Kiss – Medicated Beauty Cream
66. Binti Jambo Cream
67. Palmer`s Skin Success (pack)
68. UNO21 Cream
69. Malaika Medicated Beauty Cream
70. Fair & white Active Lightening
71. Crusader Ultra Brand Cream
72. Dear Heart with Hydroquinone Cream
73. Fair & White Whitening
74. Ultime Skin Lightening Cream
75. Nish Medicated Cream
76. Fair & White Strong Bleaching Treatment Cream
77. Rico Skin Tone Cream
78. Island Beauty Skin Fade Cream
79. Fair & white Body Clearing milk
80. Baraka Skin Lightening Cream
81. Malibu Medicated Cream
82. Maxi – Tone fade 83. Fairlady Skin Lightening Cream 84. A3 Tripple action Cream Pearl Light
85. Nadinola Fade
86. Immediat Claire Lightening Body Cream
87. Elegance Skin Lightening Cream
88. Symba crème Skin Lite ‘N’ Smooth
89. Mr. Clere Cream
90. Cleartone Skin Toning Cream
91. No Mark Cream
92. Clear Touch Cream
93. Ambi Extra Complexion Cream for men
94. Crusader Ultra Brand Cream
95. Cleartone Extra Skin Toning Cream
96. Ultime Skin Lightening Cream
97. O`Nyi Skin Crème
98. Rico Skin Tone Cream
LOTIONS
1. Tamarin
2. Camee
3. Extra Clair lightening Body Lotion
4. Yes To 5.
White Express
6. Precieux Treatment Beauty Lotion
7. Jaribu Skin Lightening Lotion
8. Clear Touch Lotion
9. Super Max – Tone Lotion
10. Caroderm
11. Shiny
12. Amira Skin Lightening lotion
13. L’abidjanaise
14. Meti’cee
15. A3 Cleartouch Complexion Lotion
16. Djarabi
17. Beauty oil Abana
18. A3 Lemon Skin Lightening Lotion
19. Caroliss
20. Peau Claire Body
21. Extra Clair lightening Body Lotion
22. Caro Top lotion
23. Reine Clair Rico Super Body
24. Precieux Treatment Beauty Lotion
25. Top lemon
26. Immediate Claire Maxi – Beauty
23. Amira Skin Lightening lotion
27. Bio liss
28. Tura Lotion
24. A3 Cleartouch Complexion
25. Kiss Lotion
26. Princess Lotion
27. Jaribu Skin Lightening Lotion
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