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Hong Kong Customs and Environmental Protection Department Urge Public to Stop Using Three Types of Unsafe Whitening Cream Products

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Hong Kong Customs and the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (March 6) urged members of the public to stop using three types of whitening creams containing excessive mercury. Hong Kong Customs detained 2,880 boxes of regulated mercury-added whitening creams with an estimated market value of about $63,000 at Hong Kong International Airport on August 27, 2025. The proprietor of the company that imported the batch of whitening creams was charged by the EPD with importing regulated mercury-added products and was…

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Hong Kong Customs and the Environmental Protection Department have urged the public to stop using three whitening cream products found to contain excessive mercury. The products were imported and detained, and the importer was fined. Under the Mercury Control Ordinance, cosmetics with mercury exceeding 1 ppm are regulated, and violations can lead to fines and imprisonment.

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