Portugal orders recall of L’Oréal merchandise over banned ingredient

THE WHAT? Portugal’s equal of the FDA, Infarmed – Autoridade Nacional do Medicamentos e Produtos de Saude has ordered a recall of L’Oreal-branded cosmetics containing a banned ingredient, in accordance with The Portugal Information.

THE DETAILS Butylphenyl methylpropional has been banned to be used in cosmetics in Portugal since March 2022. The merchandise in query checklist the prohibited chemical amongst their components and should be withdrawn from the market.

THE WHY? The regulatory physique mentioned in a press launch, per The Portugal Information, “Though L’Oréal Portugal knowledgeable Infarmed of the measures for the recall and withdrawal from the nationwide market of beauty merchandise that contained the ingredient Butylphenyl methylpropional of their composition, from the evaluation of the data made accessible to this point, it seems that the mentioned firm has not been capable of show the recall in the complete nationwide market of non-compliant beauty merchandise.”