FDA to ban skin bleaching creams

daniel russell

28 August 2015 02:15 PM

According to the FDA, the ban, which takes effect from August 2016, is in accordance with a directive from the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA).

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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has indicated that it will ban cosmetic products containing skin bleaching ingredient, hydroquinone.

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“Currently the FDA allows two percent of hydroquinone in skin bleaching products but from 2016, all skin lightening products are supposed to be hydroquinone-free – that means zero percent – and this is going to be enforced,” Head of Communication at the FDA, James Lartey disclosed this at a public forum in the Volta Regional capital, Ho.

The FDA says it will enforce this with the help of security agencies in the Ghana.

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