Cameroon: Cosmetics – Individual Effort to Fight Counterfeit Goods

Some consumers destroy the packaging by cutting after using product. Fake cosmetics products in genuine packaging inundate markets in the Economic capital, Douala. The fake products that are hardly detected, but for the giveaway prices that is one of the principal determinants have caused serious health hazards ranging from skin rashes, through changing skin colour to the chopping of hair both on the skin and the head. To watch out for fake products by dubious businessmen whose only goal is to get rich at the expense of the population, some consumers have resorted to destroying containers of body lotions, hair products and perfume bottles after using. They break or cut plastic containers into two and as well break breakable packaging after emptying the content.

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