The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises the public against the purchase and use of the following unnotified cosmetic products:

1. MEIYA HIDE THE BLEMISH CONCEALER
2. MEIYA TWO WAY CAKE POWDER (BLUE)
3. MEIYA TWO WAY CAKE POWDER (LIGHT PINK)
4. MEIYA TWO WAY CAKE POWDER (DARK PINK)
5. MEIYA PAN STICK
6. OSEUR O MEI SU PEARL PASTE
7. PERFECT PURITY FOR KIDS GENTLE BUBBLE BATH
8. PERFECT PURITY MOISTURIZING BABY OIL
9. PERSONAL CARE ALOE VERA SKIN LOTION
10. YOKO ACNE-MELASMA CREAM CO ENZYME Q-10

The manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, sale, offer for sale, transportation, promotion and/or advertisement of these non-compliant products is in direct violation of R.A. 9711.

Cosmetic products, prior being placed into the local market, must be duly notified with the FDA by a licensed cosmetic distributor and/or manufacturer. However, if a cosmetic product has not been verified by FDA as in the case of these unnotified products, the use of such products may pose potential health hazards to the consuming public. FDA cannot guarantee their quality and safety. Potential hazards may come from ingredients that are not allowed to be part of a cosmetic product or from the contamination of heavy metals such as lead and mercury. The use of substandard and possibly adulterated cosmetic products may result to adverse reactions including but not limited to skin irritation, itchiness, anaphylactic shock and organ failure.

Thus, the public is advised to always verify if a cosmetic product has been notified with FDA before purchasing it. The FDA website, accessible at http://www.fda.gov.ph contains a list of notified cosmetic products which is searchable through its embedded Search feature. All consumers are advised to be vigilant of the abovementioned cosmetic products. Retailers of cosmetic products are also warned against selling these products.

In the interest of protecting public health and safety, the FDA Field Regulatory Operations Office (FROO) is ordered to monitor the market for the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, sale, offer for sale, transportation, promotion and/or advertisement of the abovementioned cosmetic products. FROO is further ordered to conduct inventory and seal all of the aforesaid unnotified cosmetic products found in the Philippine market, and to effect/conduct seizure of the same in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations.

Likewise, all local government units and law enforcement agencies are requested to ensure that these products are not sold or made available in their localities or areas of jurisdiction.

For more information and inquiries, please e-mail us at info@fda.gov.ph. To report continuous sale or distribution of unnotified cosmetic products, kindly e-mail us via report@fda.gov.ph, call us at (02) 857-1984, or utilize our online reporting facility, eReport, at http://www.fda.gov.ph/ereport.

Dissemination of the information to all concerned is requested.

Accessible through the FDA website.