GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12511

IT IS notified for general information and pursuant to section 39 of the Competition Act, 2010 (“the Act”), the Competition Authority of Kenya (“the Authority”) initiated investigations against PZ Cussons East Africa Limited (“PZ Cussons”) (“the Company”) pursuant to sections 55 (a) (i) of the Act, that prohibits false or misleading representations by a supplier of a product or service and; section 60 (1) of the Act, which prohibits the supply of goods, for use by consumers, that do not comply with consumer product information standards, to the extent that such standards have been prescribed in respect of the relevant good. The investigations were in relation to compliance with the product information standard KS EAS 346:2013 Standard in regards to Labelling of Cosmetics-General requirements. It was noted that the company needed to indicate the dates of manufacture on the labelling of: Cussons Baby Perfumed Jelly; Imperial Leather Body Lotion Japanese Spa; and Venus Skin Care Smoothing Body Lotion. The Company opted to enter into a Settlement Agreement with the Authority pursuant to section 38 of the Act on the following terms— (a) the Company settled the matter by payment of an administrative penalty of Kenya Shillings Five Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand (Kshs. 595,000): and (b) the Company gave a written undertaking vide the Settlement Agreement to in future refrain from engaging in any conduct that is in contravention of the Act. Dated the 5th November, 2021. WANG’OMBE KARIUKI, PTG 958/21-22 Director-General.