The Consumer Protection Commission said that it would look into whether Japanese SKII skin-care cosmetics sold in Taiwan contained excessive levels of heavy metals after one beauty shop chain removed SKII products from its shelves yesterday.
The commission will investigate whether SKII imports sold in Taiwan are associated with a batch of products found to contain chromium and neodymium that were sold in Guangdong Province, China, a Central News Agency report said, citing Wu Cheng-hsueh (吳政學), an ombudsman at the commission.
Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd (莎莎國際控股), a Hong Kong beauty shop chain, stopped selling SKII products last Friday, after the manufacturer and agent confirmed that the products sold in Hong Kong were the same as those sold in Guangdong, the report said.
Sa Sa's outlets in Taiwan also withdrew SKII products yesterday, triggering concerns that the products in question may be sold here as well, according to the report.
Products by SKII, a popular skin-care and cosmetic brand, are sold through three major retail channels in Taiwan -- department stores, duty free shops and contract stores, and those pose no threat to consumers, the report said, citing Wu Hui-chen (
P&G produces SKII products.
But as Sa Sa is not a contract store of P&G, the company cannot ensure the source of the imports, Wu said, according to the report.
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