Product safety is regulated in the UK by market surveillance bodies such as the Office for Product Safety and Standards and Local Authority Trading Standards.
Recall
Edgewell Personal Care Company (NYSE: EPC) has increased its voluntary countrywide recall of three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 to the consumer level, as detailed in the following table.
As part of a market inspection, Infarmed—the Autoridade Nacional dos Medicamentos e Produtos de Sade—"verified the existence on the national market of cosmetic products distributed by L'Oréal Portugal, Unipersonal Ltd.
The MoCRA introduces new specifications for manufacturers and processors of cosmetics, gives the FDA additional enforcement power and mandates mandatory recalls, among other modifications.
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has banned Placentyne Hair Lotion, an Italian hair care product, after receiving safety information from the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products.