Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has resolved to ban the sale of cosmetic products which contain the skin bleaching ingredient hydroquinone, effective August this year.

The decision, which forms part of a directive from the state’s Standard Authority, is an attempt to deter users of the cancer-causing chemical within the Ghanaian market.

FDA spokesperson James Lartey has confirmed that such products could no longer be imported to the country as part of efforts to bolster public health and safety.

“Concerning skin lightening products, we are saying that from August 2016, all products containing hydroquinone will not be allowed into the country. From 2016, the acceptance for skin lightening products is going to be zero,”he revealed to Starr FM in Accra.

Continue reading the article here

__________________________

Urban Intellectuals and Face2Face Africa has an agreement in place to share one another’s content. This allows the readership of both organizations to be exposed to additional content, insight and ideas in hopes of learning, growing and bridging the gap across the global African Diaspora.