Two cosmetics products found to contain scheduled poisons


PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has revoked the notification of cosmetics products Beaute Treatment Cream and Beaute Nite Cream, which can no longer be sold in Malaysia as they have been found to contain scheduled poisons.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan (pic) said Beaute Treatment Cream was detected to contain hydroquinone, tretinoin and betamethasone 17-valerate, while Beaute Nite Cream had mercury and betamethasone 17-valerate.

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