KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has advised the public not to buy or use 10 cosmetic products, which were detected to contain prohibited ingredients including scheduled poisons. The products are; Melan: Off Intensive Mask, Melan: Off Cream, Afrina Night Cream, Afrina Daily Cream, Kemboja Herbal Cream, Day Pinky Cream, Night Glow Cream, Debella Nadien Glow Night Cream, Mekar Semilu Face Scrub, Mutiara Beauty Collection and Mekar Semilu Cream Mekarsutra. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said among the scheduled poison found in the products were azelaic acid, hydroquinone, tretinoin and heavy metals mercury which are prohibited in cosmetic products. "Therefore, cosmetic products are no longer allowed to be sold in Malaysia," he said in a statement today. Consumers are advised to contact the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) at 03-78018496/78835537/78835532 if they experience any allergic reactions or adverse effects from use of cosmetic products.

Source: New Strait Times October 22, 2016 06:22 UTC