The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has indicated that it will ban cosmetic products containing skin bleaching ingredient, hydroquinone.
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FDA to ban skin bleaching creams
According to the FDA, the ban, which takes effect from August 2016, is in accordance with a directive from the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA).
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“Currently the FDA allows two percent of hydroquinone in skin bleaching products but from 2016, all skin lightening products are supposed to be hydroquinone-free – that means zero percent – and this is going to be enforced,” Head of Communication at the FDA, James Lartey disclosed this at a public forum in the Volta Regional capital, Ho.
The FDA says it will enforce this with the help of security agencies in the Ghana.
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