Cosmetics & Personal Care

• WHO warns of more cough syrup deaths, this time in Uzbekistan

  13-Jan-23 - Two products made by Marion Biotech are suspected of being contaminated with diethylene glycol and/or ethylene glycol.

• Arrest made as fake cosmetics, perfumes seized in Hong Kong

  11-Jan-23 - Raid found products suspected counterfeits of brands including Chanel, Yves Saint-Laurent, Givenchy and Clarins.

• US man sentenced for importing counterfeit 3M masks

  04-Jan-23 - Mark Forrest Cohn (68) sold over 20,000 masks to a company that supplied equipment to a Veterans Affairs Medical Centre.

• Cambodian authorities find counterfeit body lotion plant

  30-Dec-22 - The Cambodia Counter Counterfeit Committee (CCCC) seized over six tonnes of fake Black Sheep brand body lotion.

• Supply chain risks: a look back to 2022 and ahead to 2023

  21-Dec-22 - Real-time visibility of supply chains should be a top priority for all organizations amid global disruptions.

• US lawmakers put INFORM act in 2023 spending package

  20-Dec-22 - Legislation targeting counterfeiting and retail theft is tacked onto US' omnibus spending package for fiscal 2023.

• 'Dangerous' fake perfume seized in Manchester

  16-Dec-22 - Around 400 bottles of fake perfumes were seized, worth £60,000, that looked almost identical to legitimate brands.

• NY man gets three years in pharma, cosmetics theft case

  07-Dec-22 - Razel Romhein pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic stolen goods worth an estimated $1m in a Newark federal court.

• Fake listings pulled from Instagram before Black Friday

  24-Nov-22 - The crackdown – which is still ongoing – has already led to hundreds of suspect Instagram listings being taken down.

• Entrupy data finds counterfeiting levels likely static in 2021

  21-Nov-22 - Data is drawn from 23 million product images taken using Entrupy's vision-based authentication platform.

• De La Rue chair accused of defamation by investment group

  13-Nov-22 - Crystal Amber says chair Kevin Loosemore made a libellous statement in an email to its manager Richard Bernstein.

• Viewpoint: Is your company covered for a cybersecurity attack?

  08-Nov-22 - That’s a £2m question, writes Usman Choudhary, chief product officer at VIPRE, who looks at how cyber insurance can protect businesses.
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  Social selling has empowered counterfeiters: How can you fight back?

  12-Oct-22 - Authentix' VP of online brand protection, Bharat Kapoor, explains how the firm's SIPI service can rev up anticounterfeit programmes.

• Arrest as Hong Kong authorities seize cosmetics worth $46k

  12-Oct-22 - The operation followed test purchases of the suspected counterfeit via an unidentified online platform.

• Marchesini takes full control of long-time partner SEA Vision

  11-Oct-22 - Merger will help the firms create packaging lines "which are even more integrated with vision and inspection systems."

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