Overview
- The Office for Product Safety and Standards issued safety alerts on March 4 for Glow & Lovely Hydraglow Rose Enrich Serum Cream 50g and Glow & Lovely Advanced Multi Vitamin Serum in Cream.
- Testing found the Advanced Multi Vitamin Serum in Cream contains butylphenyl methylpropional (lilial/BMHCA), a prohibited substance linked to reproductive harm and skin sensitisation.
- The Hydraglow Rose Enrich Serum Cream was flagged for incorrect ingredient listings and missing disclosures of specified fragrance allergens.
- Both products were withdrawn from the UK market by distributor Lajawab Foods Limited and are deemed non-compliant with Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.
- OPSS advises anyone who has these items to cease use immediately and contact the distributor to request redress; the products are reported to originate from Pakistan.