The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control has banned the sale of Dex Luxury bar soap due to the presence of Butyphenyl Methylpropional.

According to a statement posted on NAFDAC’s official channels today, the product, Dex Luxury Bar Soap (No 6 Mystic Flower), manufactured in Turkey, contains BMHCA, a substance prohibited in cosmetic products due to its potential harm to the reproductive system and skin sensitization.

The agency had earlier also recalled Benylin Paediatrics Syrup following recent toxicity findings in the laboratory on the product.

NAFDAC said laboratory analysis conducted on the product manufactured by Johnson & Johnson in Cape Town, South Africa, showed that it contains an unacceptable high level of Diethylene glycol and was found to cause acute oral toxicity in laboratory animals.