SK-II cosmetics back on shelves
By Guan Xiaofeng (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-10-25 08:57 US consumer products giant
Procter & Gamble Company announced yesterday it would resume sales of SK-II
skincare cosmetics in the Chinese mainland in the coming weeks.
The announcement was made after the General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the Ministry of Health made a joint
declaration regarding the safety of SK-II products on Monday in Beijing.
The declaration said the neodymium and chromium detected in SK-II cosmetics
came from raw materials and only posed a minor hazard to consumers' health if
used properly.
The declaration said Procter & Gamble affirmed that it does not add
neodymium and chromium into their products in the production process and the two
ingredients were brought in by raw materials.
"There has been no proved cases of health damage caused by the tiny amount of
neodymium and chromium in the cosmetics so far," said the declaration.
The administration announced on September 14 that the Entry-Exit Inspection
and Quarantine Bureau in South China's Guangdong Province had detected chromium
and neodymium in nine types of SK-II cosmetics produced by Procter and Gamble
(Japan).
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