KEBS Bans Over 100 Cosmetics Brands Over Contamination

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has banned 131 different brands of cosmetics over alleged contamination with mercury and hydroquinone forms of drug compounds.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, KEBS said the beauty products which include soaps, skin-lightening creams, and lotions contain hydroquinone, steroids, and hormonal preparations which should be registered by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board for medical use.

“They should not be sold in the open market but only in registered pharmacies and chemists. The products listed above contain hydroquinone, steroids, mercury, and hydrogen peroxide. They have not been registered with Pharmacy and Poisons Board as medicines. They should NOT be used,” KEBS Managing Director Bernard Njiraini said.

The ban according to KEBS is aimed at protecting unsuspecting consumers and discouraging the dumping of these products in the Kenyan Market.

Here is the full list of the banned products.

Soaps

1. Movate
2. Mekako
3. Jaribu
4. Tura
5. Acura
6. Rico
7. Fair lady
8. Elegance
9. Miki
10. Jambo

Skin Lightening Creams

1. Pimplex medicated cream
2. New shirley medicated cream
3. Cream preparations containing hydrogen peroxide(h2o2)
4. Hot movate gel
5. Tenovate
6. Soft and beautiful cream
7. Unic clear super cream
8. Peau claire gel plus
9. Peau claire cream
10. Jolen cream, skin preparations continting steroids
11. Movate cream, skin success gel
12. Amira –c
13. Neu clear gel
14. Body clear cream spot remover
15. Top gel plus
16. Lemonvate cream, secret gel
17. Tcb gel plus
18. Topifram cream
19. Skin balance lemon cream
20. Dermo -gel plus
21. Fashion fair gel plus
22. Visible difference gel
23. Sivoclair cream
24. Action demovate cream
25. Regge lemon gel
26. Ultimate lady gel
27. topifram gel plus
28. Age renewal cream
29. Fair & white gel plus
30. Peau clair gel plus
31. Fashion fair cream
32. First class lady cream
33. Skin success cream
34. Neu clear cream plus
35. Jaribu beta – β cream
36. Body treat cream spot remover
37. Clair & lovely gel, peau clair cream
38. Soft & beautiful gel
39. Action demovate gel plus
40. Prosone gel
41. Skin balance gel wrinkle remover
42. Ultra-gel plus
43. Pro-one gel mca
44. Betalemon cream
45. Skin balance cream wrinkle remover
46. Jaribu cream
47. Madonna medicated cream
48. Tura skin toning cream
49. Kiss -medicated beauty cream
50. Zarina medicated skin lightener cream
51. Lolane cream, nadinola cream
52. Mic skin lightener cream
53. Clere lemon cream
54. Butone cream
55. Miki beauty cream
56. Island beauty skin fade cream
57. Ikb medicated cream
58. Care plus fairness cream
59. A3 skin lightening cream, ambi american formula
60. Ambi extra complexion cream for men
61. A3 tripple action cream pearl light
62. Fairlady skin lightening cream
63. Clear touch cream
64. Rico skin tone crème
65. Princess medicated beauty cream
66. Immediat claire lighten
67. Mekako cream
68. Yesako medicated beauty cream
69. Mrembo medicated beauty cream
70. Uno21 cream
71. Envi skin toner, viva super lemon
72. Glotone complexion cream
73. Tonight night beauty cream
74. Clere extra cream
75. Malaika medicated beauty cream
76. Crusader skin toning cream
77. Malibu medicated cream
78. Opiclear cream, carekako medicated cream
79. Dream successful
80. Cleartone skin toning cream
81. Cleartone extra skin toning cream
82. Elegance skin lightening cream
83. Fade out cream
84. Crusader ultra-brand cream
85. Baraka skin lightening cream
86. Amira cream
87. Rico complexion cream
88. Shirley cream
89. Princess patra luxury complexion cream
90. Ambi special complexion cream
91. Nindola cream, claire creme
92. Fulani creme eclaircissante
93. Binti jambo cream
94. Dear heart with hydroquinone cream
95. Nish medicated cream
96. Palmer’s skin success fade cream
97. Body clear cream
98. Symba creme skin lite ‘n’ smooth
99. Clear essence medicated fade cream
100. O’nyia skin crème
101. Clere cream
102. Top lemon plus cream
103. Ultime skin lightening cream
104. Peau claire crème eclaircissante

Skin-lightening Lotions 

1. Jaribu skin lightening lotion
2. A3 lemon skin lightening lotion Princess lotion
3. Amira skin lightening lotion
4. Kiss lotion
5. Peau Claire beauty body lotion
6. A3 clear touch complexion lotion
7. Rico skin lightening lotion
8. Clear touch lotion
9. Fair white body clearing milk
10. Sivoclair lightening body lotion
11. Extra clair lightening body lotion
12. Precieux treatment beauty lotion
13. Clear Essence skin beautifying milk

Skin-Lightening Gels 

1. Gels
2. Ultra clear
3. Topiclear
4. Body clear

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