Bleaching Cream: Rwandan Authorities Seize Products Worth $46,000 In Joint Crackdown - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 15, 2019
Rwandan Investigation Bureau has seized skinbleaching products and other illegal products worth 46 thousand dollars in a jointoperation conducted in different parts of the country.
The Head of investigations department of thebureau, in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda, Jean Twagirayezu, said the operationseeks to enforce the law against skin bleaching products which are illegalunder the ministerial order determining the list of cosmetics prohibited inRwanda.
Rwandan Ministry of Health in 2018 blacklisted1,343 skin bleaching products, mostly imported containing high levels ofhydroquinone which it said puts users at the risk of suffering from skincancer.
A joint operation by Rwandan authoritiesNovember has led to the seizure of over 5,000 assorted substandard bleachingproducts from beauty shops in different parts of the country, such as bodyoils, lotions, and toilet soaps.