Retailers Mecca and Sephora are ordered to remove beauty products containing microbeads, according to reports.
The action comes nearly four years after a national ban on microbead ingredients was introduced. Outlets say the retailers were identified as still selling items that contain these prohibited materials, prompting the removal orders. The reports describe the issue as a breach of the earlier restrictions rather than a new regulation.
The coverage focuses on the retailers named, the fact that products with microbeads are involved, and the timing relative to the ban. Both sources frame the development as enforcement of the existing national prohibition, with the immediate consequence being product pullbacks from sale while the matter is addressed.
