BEIJING,
Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Proctor & Gamble's SK-II beauty products, which were
pulled off Chinese shelves amid a major health scare in September, will be back
on sale in Beijing on Friday at Zhongyou (Chungyo) Store near Xidan.
"The cooperation between Zhongyou and Procter &
Gamble Co. will remain unchanged and the counter for exclusive sales at our
store will be operate as it used to," said an executive of Zhongyou Store.
The sale of SK-II cosmetics was suspended in China in
September after Chinese quality and quarantine control authorities discovered
chromium and neodymium in 12 SK-II products imported from Japan.
Thousands of angry consumers demanded refunds
following media reports that said Chromium could cause eczema and neodymium
could cause skin irritations and damage to the lungs and liver if inhaled.
But the General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, allayed safety fears in a joint
statement with the Ministry of Health published in late October, saying that
traces of the banned substances would not affect the health of customers. They
then approved the resumption of the sale of SK-II cosmetics in Chinese cities.
The SK-II products were back on sale on Sunday at the
Guangbai General Merchandise Headquarter Store in Guangzhou, capital of
Guangdong Province.
Dannisi Store in Zhengzhou, capital of central
China's Henan Province, said they would also resume sale of SK-II cosmetics on
Friday.
However, stores in Shanghai are delaying the
resumption of sales, believing it will take time for the cosmetics to regain
consumers' confidence.
