In advertence this, Bloom Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the product’s notification had been annulled and the aggregation had been asked to cease affairs and bartering the said artefact immediately.
The company, Vida Adorableness Sdn Bhd has aswell been asked to anamnesis all concrete stocks of the artefact currently in the bazaar aural 72 hours.
This comes afterwards Brunei appear that it had banned two of Vida Beauty’s products, Qu Puteh Whitening Pro 9 chrism and Qu Puteh Whitening UV Block for allegedly absolute mercury.
“The ministry’s National Pharmaceutical Control Agency has accustomed letters of adverse reactions from consumers who accomplished tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and hair accident afterwards application the Qu Puteh Whitening Pro 9 and QU Puteh Whitening UV Block (NOT151106645K) for about three months.
“The agency has sampled and activated both articles and analysis after-effects adumbrated that Qu Puteh Whitening Pro 9 contains a top akin of mercury.
“Product notification for Qu Puteh Whitening Pro 9 has been annulled and the aggregation amenable has been instructed to abandon the auction and accumulation with actual effect.
“The aggregation has been accustomed 72 hours to anamnesis the artefact from the market,” he said in a account actuality today.
Noor Hisham added that mercury was added to corrective articles for derma whitening and anti-ageing treatments such as for freckles, wrinkles and asperous skin.
He said corrective articles have to not accommodate mercury as it was adverse to bloom and could could cause accident to the kidneys and afraid system.
Mercury could aswell agitate academician development of breed or babies yet to be born, he said.
He brash anyone those in control of the aloft articles to stop selling, distributing or application them anon and sellers were reminded that control of these articles abandoned the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984.
An alone who commits an answerability beneath these Regulations is accountable to a accomplished not beyond RM25,000 or imprisonment not beyond three years or both for a aboriginal answerability and a accomplished not beyond RM50,000 or imprisonment not beyond 5 years or both for consecutive offences.
A aggregation begin accusable could be fined up to RM50,000 for the aboriginal answerability and a accomplished of up to RM100,000 for a consecutive offence, he said.
Consumers are brash to address to the agency if they acquaintance any ancillary furnishings if application assertive corrective articles by calling 03-78018496 / 78835532 or via e-mail kosmetik@bpfk.gov.my.
They should aswell seek medical absorption as anon as possible.
Vida Adorableness and the Qu Puteh corrective band is endemic by baron Datuk Seri Dr Hasmiza Osman, added frequently accepted as Dato Vida.
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