Three♔ thousand pairs of fake eyelashes have been seized by US Customs and Border Protection agents after officials dꦉetermined they were illegally imported from China to New Orleans.
The four boxes of long lashes seized Tuesday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport were destined for a local beauty supply store, agency spokesperson Mat꧅thew Dyman told WVUE-TV.
They hadn't been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration𝕴 and weren't labeled with the distributor's🃏 name or the manufacturer's name, he said.
That means there꧟'s no way to tell whether the eyelashes had been exposed to the disease during manufacturing or whether they were stored proper꧂ly and kept away from insect-infested areas, Dyman told The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate.
“There's no telling what🎃's on 🅘these eyelashes,” he said.
False eyelashes can be made of synthetics and are attached using adhesive, and unregu♕lated or dangerous materials could lead to allergic reactions, eye irritation, or worse, Dyman said.
No business or individual has been cited, the newspaper rep🦹orted.
Unlabeled, non-FD♍A-approved fake lashes are often seized in New Orleans but officials said this shipment was “pℱarticularly large,” WVUE reported.
