The Dangers of Fake Counterfeit Makeup Ingredients In Cosmetics
Buyer beware! Here’s something every makeup lover needs to know!
If you haven’t heard, retailers selling fake cosmetics are running rampant all over the web. Counterfeit beauty products may sound innocent at first. After all, who wouldn’t jump at the chance to get a great deal on their favorite high-end cosmetics? But there’s a serious catch to buying a so-called “discounted” designer item.
F for food, F for fake: How FSSAI tests adulteration
Times ofIndiaHe grasps two test tubes in his hand, each with a yellow powder at its base, and asks us to look carefully, as he pipettes a few ml of hydrochloric acid in each tube. The first tube turns a murky yellow, the other settles into a uniform band of bright magenta.”The adulterated turmeric turns magenta,” says Srinivas, a food analyst at the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s Combined Food and Drugs lab, situated in a crowded industrial area in Delhi.
Lear MoreKaren Millen fight stops £2.6m in online counterfeit sales
Fashion retailer Karen Millen has led an international anti-counterfeit campaign that claims to have stopped the sale of over £2.6m worth of fake garments using the brand’s name.
The company said it has worked closely with onlinemarketplaces including eBay, Amazon, Taobao and Alibaba, as well as other retailers. It has also targeted parts of the supply chain, such as the factories manufacturing imitations.
Ireland a ‘great place for smugglers to operate’
Ireland is a target for international crime gangs despite the best efforts of the Revenue Commissioners, a retailers’ group has claimed. Retailers Against Smuggling, which represents 3,000 independent shops, said that Revenue’s most recent defaulters’ list, published on Tuesday, highlighted this.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ireland-a-great-place-for-smugglers-to-operate-336457.html
Lear MoreERA/FoEN Tasks FG on Illicit Tobacco Trade
For tobacco control measures to be effective, the Federal Government must take proactive measures to tackle the inflow of illicit tobacco products into the country, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has said.
The group in a statement released to mark this year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) said the Tobacco Control Law recently signed by former President Goodluck Jonathan, can only be effective if high taxes were imposed on tobacco products and effective actions taken to end the availability of cheap products through smuggling.
High Taxes Promote Black Market Cigarettes in Bordering State
Cigarettes are legal in the U.S., but a black market is alive and thriving, generating crime and imposing costs on residents and businesses.To witness this in action one need only cross the state’s southern border and see the busy parking lots of Indiana tobacco shops filled with cars from Michigan, whose occupants are stocking up on smokes that cost a dollar less per pack. One South Bend store even offers drive-thru service. “It doesn’t matter to me, just don’t get caught,” said the clerk when asked if she could sell several cartons to a Michigan resident.
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/21394
Lear MoreTobacco products and public policy
A chara, – I fear John Mallon is in error (June 8th), or at least gives the erroneous impression that he equates a fall in tobacco smoking with a rise in smuggling. A rise in tobacco prices may possibly lead to a rise in smuggling (and thence a fall in cigarette-related revenue). Or it may not – I am unaware that this has been objectively demonstrated, and even if this were the case, it does not follow that tax cuts are the only way to tackle smuggling.
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/tobacco-products-and-public-policy-1.2243184
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R.J. Reynolds spotlights illicit cigarette manufacturing in court hearing
WASHINGTON — A melodramatic and high-stakes case illuminating a complaint by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. about Native American tribes’ alleged “rogue cigarette” manufacturing challenged a federal judge Tuesday.Wading into a civil lawsuit built on covert investigations, aerial surveillance and confidential informants, U.S. District Judge Ketanji B. Jackson tried to clear the air during a 90-minute hearing. She pressed, almost equally, attorneys for both R.J. Reynolds and the Justice Department.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/06/09/269363/rj-reynolds-spotlights-illicit.html
Lear MorePIA crew detained for smuggling
KARACHI: Officials at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) were left red-faced on Monday after British authorities detained at least five of its crew members for questioning on suspicion of smuggling mobile phones and other unspecified illegal items.Before the PIA flight PK-788 could take off from London for Karachi on Monday morning, the 14-member crew was stopped and its entire luggage was checked. Five air hostesses and stewards were later questioned. However, the rest of the crew was allowed to operate the flight.No one from the UK Customs that carried out the search was available to share details.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/900272/pia-crew-detained-for-smuggling/
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Why Spanish Cheese Smuggling Will Likely Continue In Canada
Toronto.– Canada is the North Korea of dairy products with a tight border through which foreign dairy products only pass in dribs and drabs but where, despite everything, Spanish cheeses are the rage.In 2012, Canadian authorities broke up a profitable smuggling network by arresting three people who were illegally bringing products from the United States to Canada. Their crime? Smuggling mozzarella cheese to sell in Canadian restaurants.The profits from the illegal dairy-products trafficking were so high that mozzarella was being called “white gold.”
http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article=0045074
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