You could get more than you bargain for in a counterfeit perfume.
Fake fragrances may contain such nasties as urine, bacteria and antifreeze which will be absorbed into your skin along with all the other active ingredients, according to ABCNews.com.
Valerie Salembier, senior vice president and publisher of Harper’s Bazaar, sounded the warning on ABC’s “Good Morning [...]
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News: Fake perfumes may contain bacteria, antifreeze – even urine
January 29th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: counterfeit perfume · fake fragrances · Fake Goods
News: Officials fear toxic ingredient in Botox could become terrorist tool
January 29th, 2010 No Comments
In early 2006, a mysterious cosmetics trader named Rakhman began showing up at salons in St. Petersburg, Russia, hawking a popular anti-aging drug at suspiciously low prices. He flashed a briefcase filled with vials and promised he could deliver more — “as many as you want,” he told buyers — from a supplier somewhere in [...]
Tags: Al-Qaeda · bioweapons · Botox · counterfeit cosmetics · counterfeit drugs · Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals · FDA · Justice Department
News: Kenya: Anti-Counterfeit Law ‘Violates Right to Life and Health
December 23rd, 2009 No Comments
The three petitioners want the Constitutional Court to declare the law, which was enacted in the middle of this year, unconstitutional on the grounds that it will deny them access to affordable life-saving generic medicines and therefore rob them off their right to life, says Peter Munyi, an intellectual property rights lawyer working with Health [...]
Tags: Anti-Counterfeiting Act of 2008 · Counterfeit Goods · Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals · fake drugs · HAI Africa · Intellectual Property Rights
News: Chinese Police Raid Workshops Producing Counterfeit Condoms
December 10th, 2009 No Comments
Safe sex may not be quite so safe in China. Police have uncovered underground workshops churning out fake condoms in the latest expose of China’s counterfeit industry.
The spread of knock-off prophylactics is rampant, state media said. Users can expect little or no protection even though the condoms in question carry the most famous brand names.
The [...]
Tags: anti-counterfeiting · china · Counterfeit Goods · Durex · fake condoms · knockoffs · Six Sense
News: Compare-GHD.com Warns Consumers to watch out for fake straighteners when buying online this christmas
November 18th, 2009 No Comments
Analysis reveals an average of 60 per cent of Google links for GHD straighteners link to vendors of fake goods
GHD price comparison website,Compare-GHD.com has revealed today the worrying news that on any given day up to 60 per cent of the first page links on a Google search for “GHD straighteners” are for vendors of [...]
Tags: Compare-GHD.com · Counterfeiting · Fake Goods · GHD · hair straighteners
News: L’Oreal Issues Statement on eBay Trademark Infringement Case
May 26th, 2009 No Comments
After eBay UK issued a statement on Friday reporting that the UK High Court had ruled in its favor in the L’Oreal counterfeiting case on all counts, L’Oreal issued a statement about the ruling. “In a decision passed today by the UK High Court of Justice, the court agreed with the view held from the [...]
News: Judge sides with eBay in L’Oreal fake goods case
May 13th, 2009 No Comments
Online auction company eBay has emerged a winner in its latest lawsuit over counterfeit goods.
A French court ruled in favor of eBay in a suit filed by L’Oreal, eBay said on Wednesday. The cosmetics giant sought $4.8 million in damages, accusing eBay of allowing counterfeit goods to be traded on its site. The judge, Elisabeth [...]
Tags: Ebay · L'Oreal · online auctions
