Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 11:39 am
Consumer NZ has requested the Commerce Commission
investigate sun protection claims for seven sunscreens. The
products failed to meet their SPF claims and three also
failed to meet their broad-spectrum claims in Consumer
NZ’s tests.
The seven products include Johnson &
Johnson’s Neutrogena Beach Defence Water + Sun Barrier
Lotion Sunscreen SPF50. In 2017, Johnson & Johnson New
Zealand signed court enforceable undertakings with the
commission that products sold in New Zealand would meet the
voluntary sunscreen standard. Consumer NZ alleges Johnson
& Johnson has failed to fulfil this
obligation.
Consumer NZ’s testing of Neutrogena
Beach Defence Water + Sun Barrier Lotion Sunscreen SPF50
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Consumer NZ is calling for an investigation after its testing found several sunscreens failed to live up to their sun protection claims. (File photo) “New Zealanders should be able to trust the sun protection claims on the sunscreens they buy, which is why we are holding these seven sunscreen companies to account,” Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said. “We believe consumers are being misled that these sunscreens provide higher protection than they do.” New Zealand has one of the highest rates of skin cancer and melanoma in the world, but there’s no requirement for sunscreen manufacturers to regularly test their products or even test them at all.
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Thursday, 8 April 2021, 2:41 pm
Consumer NZ has found two more sunscreens have failed to
meet their SPF claims, with one also failing to meet
broad-spectrum requirements.
In 2020, Consumer NZ
tested 10 sunscreens and found only five were up to
standard.
Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said
its latest test found Neutrogena Beach Defence Water + Sun
Barrier Lotion Sunscreen SPF50 returned an SPF of 36.5. It
also failed to meet the requirements needed to make a
broad-spectrum claim. Consumer NZ sent another bottle of
this sunscreen to a second lab, which also found it failed
to meet its SPF claim.
Johnson & Johnson Pacific,
• Source: 1 NEWS
Consumer NZ is calling for manufacturers to regularly test their sunscreens after two more failed to meet the claims on their labels, a new survey found. Source: istock.com
Consumer NZ s latest test found two further sunscreens had failed to meet its claims, including Neutrogena Beach Defence Water + Sun Barrier Lotion Sunscreen, which failed to meet its SPF claim and the requirements needed to make a broad-spectrum claim. A second bottle of the sunscreen was sent to a second accredited lab by Consumer NZ, which also found it failed to meet its SPF claim.
Hamilton Active Family Sunscreen SPF50+ also failed to meet its SPF claim, returning an SPF of 50, which is below the SPF 60 required to make a 50+ claim. Testing of a second bottle of the sunscreen at a second lab also found it failed to meet its claim.