Most if not all of my regular readers know that I sell Thanakha products online via Kikay Corner Online Store. Yesterday I shipped a facial cream to the United States and my client also ordered a few bars of Thanakha soap, which happened to have Glutathione as one of its ingredients. Apparently, United States has banned any shipment of products that contain whitening ingredients. Glutathione as defined by Wikipedia:
Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide. It contains an unusual peptide linkage between the amine group of cysteine and the carboxyl group of the glutamate side chain. Glutathione, an antioxidant, protects cells from toxins such as free radicals.[2]Thiol groups are kept in a reduced state at a concentration of approximately ~5 mM in animal cells. In effect, glutathione reduces any disulfide bond formed within cytoplasmic proteins to cysteines by acting as an electron donor. In the process, glutathione is converted to its oxidized form glutathione disulfide (GSSG). Glutathione is found almost exclusively in its reduced form, since the enzyme that reverts it from its oxidized form, glutathione reductase, is constitutively active and inducible upon oxidative stress. In fact, the ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione within cells is often used scientifically as a measure of cellular toxicity.[3]
Glutathione, as celebrated antioxidant as it is, is banned from the United States. I tried to have the girl who I transacted with (Fedex) to check with their head office and her supervisor said that it's negative. Even if we try to have it shipped, the products will just be held in the customs department of the United States. I guess since one of the side effects of Glutathione is it whitens the skin, they have generalized that everything that causes whitening is banned.
So if you happen to be selling beauty products that contain Glutathione, make sure to take note that it is okay with every other country except for the United States.
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