ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC), has announced the voluntary recall of 2,363 products in 21 categories including toys, electrical appliances, cosmetics, cigarettes and tobacco products. The recall was an outcome of inspection campaigns on controlled products carried out in the first half of 2017 during which QCC inspectors examined a total of 36,291 …

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