Harmful Cosmetic Products Announces BPOM

If you use cosmetics, better be careful in buying and selecting treatments and beauty products. The findings and supervision of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) RI shows, cosmetic products on the market is not entirely safe to use. Still find cosmetic products that contain harmful ingredients that harm health.

The findings BPOM dimumkan Thursday (27/12/2012) in Jakarta, shows, from January to October 2012 was found in as many as 48 items kosmestik products on the market that contain hazardous / prohibited. Hazardous materials are intended, namely mercury and hydroquinone, and dyes that are prohibited.

Despite a decline in finding cosmetics that contain hazardous / banned for 5 years, from 3.19 percent to 0.42 percent, but public warning by BPOM needs to be done.

Head POM Lucky S. Slamet said, there are at least three purposes why BPOM need to continue to make public warning. Among other things, that people are aware that the products contain ingredients that are harmful / banned if used can be detrimental to health.

"Although the effect may not be immediately obvious, but still provide the long-term effects are bad for health. Then, it is the responsibility BPOM to continue to reduce the number of diseases caused by the use of dangerous products," he said.

Then, the public also needs to know that in addition to containing hazardous substances, BPOM also found illegal products that are not listed. Of sudden inspection conducted this year, BPOM least find total of 400,000 illegal cosmetic items on the market of 429 kinds of products. As a follow-up on all findings cosmetics, then pass BPOM recall from circulation and destroyed.

Furthermore, public warning becomes a means of information that even some products that never passes the BPOM, but in fact for sale manufacturers add harmful ingredients in products that are not feasible for related products and should be revoked from the market.

These cosmetic products are not unworthy from BPOM:

- Because they contain mercury:

1. DR. Whitening treatment night cream, 
2. LIE CHE Day Cream, 
3. LIE CHE Whitening Soap, 
4. LIEN HUA Night Cream (Bunga Teratai), 
5. LIEN HUA Day Cream (Bunga Teratai), 
6. Walet Krim (Day Cream Small), 
7. Walet Krim (Night Cream Small), 
8. Pemutih Dokter, 
9. SP Special UV Whitening, 
10. Spesial Pearl Cream Super, 
11. Pemutih Sejuta Bintang, 
12. Racikan Walet Putih, 
13. Night Cream SJ SIN JUNG, 
14. Day Cream SJ UV White SJ SIN JUNG, 
15. Vitamin Pemutih Kecantikan, 
16. Klip 80"S Night Cream, 
17. Klip 80"S Day Cream, 
18. VAYALA Nightly Cream, 
19. VAYALA Daily Cream, 
20. VAYALA Sabun Transparan.

Because it contains dye prohibited:

1. JUST MISS Lip Color Lipstick No.41, 
2. FEVES Color Cream 0.43 Phoenix Red, 
3. FEVES Color Cream 0.43 Phoenix Red (NA), 
4. FEVES Color Cream 5.36 Golden Cupprum, 
5. POND'S Beauty Care Make Up Lipstick Colorful Eye Shadow Two Way Cake (pink), 
6. IZOUCA Eye Shadow Two Way Cake with Pearl Nutrient, 
7. TAILAIMEI 3 in 1 Two way cake and eye shadow no.A3, 
8. TAILAIMEI eye shadow and blusher 3 two way cake no. A12, 
9. TAILAIMEI make up kit eye shadow and lipstick 7 blusher and two way cake no.A81, 
10. TAILAIMEI make up kit compact powder, eye shadow blusher and lipstick No. A73, 
11. TAILAIMEI fashion make up kit eye shadow lipstick and blusher and two way cake no.A92, 
12. TAILAIMEI Make Up kit eye shadow lipstick No.A64, 
13. TAILAIMEI Make Up Kit beautiful color no.A78, 
14. TAILAIMEI 12 Eye Shadow and 4 Blush and 3 Two way cakes, 
15. TAILAIME make up kita eye shadow, blusher two way cake No.A10, 
16. TAILAIMEI make up kit compact powder eye shadow blusher and lipstick no.A65, 
17. TAILAIMEI make up kit eye shadow blusher two way cake, 
18. TAILAIMEI make up kit eye shadow lipstick blusher and two way cake No.A67, 
19. TAILAIMEI make up kit complete beauty care eye shadow 
20. TAILAIMEI lipstick blusher two way cake No.A88, 
21. TIANNUO Lipstick Paris, 
22. PUND'S Lip Beauty Moisture.

Because it contains hydroquinone;

1. SBM-2 Cream, 
2. SB-2 Cream, 
3. SBM-1 Cream, 
4. SB-1 Cream, 
5. SB-3 Cream, 
6. SL-2 Cream.