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Question: I went to a cosmetics store to buy eye shadow. The salesperson was going to give me the eye shadow on display, saying it was the only one left in that color. I told her I didn't want it. The eye shadows on display are open and loosely covered by a piece of clear plastic. Dust or germs could be getting into the eye shadow. The clerk said they rotate the eye shadow cases on display. This seems unsanitary. Shouldn't customers be given a clean, unopened box of eye shadow? Are there any health regulations concerning the sale of cosmetics? Cosmetics should come
with clean slateAnswer: Call the state Food and Drug Branch at 586-4725 with more information, and it will investigate.
There are state and federal laws that say cosmetics should be protected from adulteration, and no one should be selling adulterated cosmetics, said branch chief Maurice Tamura.
However, "it all depends on the circumstances," he said. Based on your complaint, he couldn't say that a violation has occurred.
"If the cosmetics are being adequately protected, then there is no violation," he said.
Tamura added that "it's very rare that we have a problem with contaminated cosmetics."
"In my long career," he said, he's heard of isolated incidents -- not locally -- of cosmetics being contaminated by bacteria. "But that's very rare."
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I was hit by a drunk driver on the highway about 8:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. Needless to say, absolutely nothing has happened to the man. There was no sobriety test conducted or anything, even though myself and witnesses mentioned to the police on scene that he was drunk, and it was visible to anyone by the way he couldn't even stand straight up. Not only is it frustrating that I got the raw deal because his insurance company cannot get hold of him, but I am left without a vehicle until they can claim it, and worst of all, yet another drunk driver is in the streets. -- U.N.(Police are looking into your complaint to see if proper procedures were followed, said Honolulu Police Department Maj. Bryan Wauke.
(You are asked to contact Wauke at the Pearl City District, 455-9055. A driver can refuse to take a field sobriety test. However, police don't need that test if they have probable cause to suspect that that person is intoxicated, Wauke said.
(He said he could not comment on what happened in your case because he did not know the details.)
Mahalo
To the bus driver on the No. 15 bus for turning in my clarinet, which I had inadvertently left on the bus about 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the intersection of Kapiolani Boulevard and Ward Avenue. Mahalo also to the passenger who found the clarinet for being alert and not being driven by greed. Last but not least, mahalo to "Mrs. Marilyn" of TheBus' Lost and Found Department, for holding and helping me find the clarinet. I wish you all will have luck in the future, whether it be finding your own lost possessions or winning a game. -- Kyle K. Saito
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