RIYADH — More than 40 million packages of illegal cosmetic products were seized from across the Kingdom. The seizures came in over a period of six months. The packages were seized during periodical Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) checks in the first half of the the current year, local media reports said on Saturday. The SFDA conducted 7,284 checks on cosmetic facilities over the six-month period that uncovered 1,105 breaches of rules and regulations surrounding the items. SFDA inspectors closed 95 facilities, busted another 83 that had been operating without a permit, shut down three production lines, and withdrew 1,600 samples, the Saudi Press Agency reported.