US consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Company announced yesterday it would resume sales of SK-II skincare cosmetics in the Chinese mainland in the coming weeks.

The announcement was made after the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the Ministry of Health made a joint declaration regarding the safety of SK-II products on Monday in Beijing.

The declaration said the neodymium and chromium detected in SK-II cosmetics came from raw materials and only posed a minor hazard to consumers' health if used properly.

The declaration said Procter & Gamble affirmed that it does not add neodymium and chromium into their products in the production process and the two ingredients were brought in by raw materials.

"There has been no proved cases of health damage caused by the tiny amount of neodymium and chromium in the cosmetics so far," said the declaration.

The administration announced on September 14 that the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in South China's Guangdong Province had detected chromium and neodymium in nine types of SK-II cosmetics produced by Procter and Gamble (Japan).

Editor: Yan