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KEBS Bans Over 100 Cosmetics Brands Over Contamination

Jane Muia
Cosmetics

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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