During last 18 months(January 2013 to June 2014 ) Around 90 complaints on cosmetic related allergies have been received from island wide Sri Lanka Food And Drug Inspectors Association has stated.out of these complaints 22 were received during first six months of this year and 68 complaints have been received during last year the association has stressed.
While addressing a press briefing held in Colombo yesterday(09) the president of the Sri Lanka Food And Drug Inspectors Association Mr.Damith Perera has said that these allergies have been caused due to both registered and unregistered cosmetics and majority of them were due to the hair dyes .
\The samples related to these complaints on allergies were sent to the National Drug Quality Assurance \\Laboratory for further tests he has said.
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Due to these allergic reactions of cosmetics people should check the registered number ,the manufactured date and the expiry date of the products before purchasing cosmetic products Mr.Perera has further added.
