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Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Things to consider when buying and using products.
Product Safety Report for Geisha Beauty Secrets, Lightening Cream with Kojic Acid presenting a chemical risk as it contains the chemical 'Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene' which is prohibited in cosmetic products.
The rules for manufacturing mercury added products in Great Britain, as well as importing and exporting them between Great Britain and non-EU countries.
Product Safety Report for TUMAKOU High Frequency Beauty Machine presenting a high risk of electric shock.
There’s a ban on supplying luxury goods to anyone in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) or Syria, directly or indirectly.
Product safety report for unbranded LED beauty mask presenting a serious risk of electric shock
Information on how to report a serious undesirable effect (SUE) or safeguarding issue for cosmetic products.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Product Safety Report for Caro White Intensive Care Lightening Beauty Cream sold via eBay presenting a serious chemical risk.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Product Safety Report for EVER Sheen Cocoa Butter Beauty Soap presenting a serious chemical risk.
Find out which regulations apply to your products and where to go for further information on how to comply with them.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
How traditional herbal medicines and homeopathic medicines will be treated by the MHRA.
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