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Unregistered whitening cream seized during raids

Unregistered whitening cream seized during raids on four factories is on display during a police briefing on Thursday. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Authorities have seized unregistered skin-whitening cream worth over 500,000 baht from four factories during raids in four provinces.

Officers from the Consumer Protection Police Division and Food and Drug Administration officials on Thursday raided the factories in Chachoengsao, Sa Kaeo, Chon Buri and Ayutthaya provinces following social media advertisements that the “Cambodian cream with red cover” could whiten the skin within seven days no matter how dark the skin was.

Many people were lured by the advertisement claims of the product.

During the raids, police seized 1,989 jars, 523 bags of mixed cream, 30 tubes of vitamin C, 80kg of raw materials and…

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