Cosmetics & Personal Care

• Better Business Bureau warns of fake goods explosion

  16-May-19 - One in four US consumers have been caught put buying counterfeit goods online, says a Better Business Bureau report.

• Surge in fake listings on social media as Mother’s Day nears

  09-May-19 - Study finds a spike in fake beauty products sold via Instagram and Facebook in the weeks leading up to Mother’s Day.

• Concerns grow about anaesthetic-laced tattoo inks

  07-May-19 - Illegal tattoo inks have been found that are adulterated with local anaesthetics at levels that could cause serious side effects.

• Dangerous goods “could flood into UK in no-deal Brexit”

  17-Apr-19 - An increase in the number of unsafe products in the UK could get worse if the UK makes a disorderly exit from the EU.

• Trump takes aim at counterfeit and piracy

  03-Apr-19 - US President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum on combating trafficking in counterfeit and pirated goods.

• $2.5m of Jeffree Star cosmetics stolen

  03-Apr-19 - Make-up celebrity Jeffree Star has revealed that thousands of his cosmetic products worth $2.5m have been stolen.

• ‘Lethal’ liquid soap seized in Pakistan

  31-Mar-19 - Fake liquid soap described as ‘highly acidic’ and ‘injurious to health’ has been discovered in Pakistan.

• U-BioMed, Aquavit trade blows over counterfeit claims

  27-Mar-19 - Aquavit Pharma has accused U-BioMed of counterfeiting, drawing a counter-claim of fraud and IP theft.

• Footwear, clothing top fake good seizures, says OECD

  18-Mar-19 - The trade in counterfeit and pirated goods now accounts for 3.3 per cent of world trade and is rising fast, says report.

• Avi Chaudhuri named chief scientist at Systech

  08-Mar-19 - Avi Chaudhuri has been appointed to the newly-created position of chief scientist at Systech, effective immediately.

• Fake Unilever, P&G shampoos seized in Latin America

  04-Mar-19 - 400 tonnes of counterfeit shampoo with an estimated market value of up to €5m are seized in Latin America.
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  The case against holograms: how a once-lofty security technology has fallen

  27-Feb-19 - Holograms served their purpose at one time as a product security tool, but no longer, writes Avi Chaudhuri of Systech.

• Cosmetics and personal care: news in brief

  25-Feb-19 - Fake Nutramax, Japanese cosmetics in China, Nigerian counterfeiter jailed, and fake pantyliners in the Philippines.

• Counterfeiters set sights on growing sex toy market

  18-Feb-19 - The sex toys market reached $23.7bn worldwide in 2017, so it isn’t surprising that counterfeiters are trying to cash in.

• Alert system aims to keep brandname ads off dodgy sites

  14-Feb-19 - An advertising industry organization has launched a warning system targeted at pirate sites in Europe.

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