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The owner of a US lab that tested sunscreen products sold in New Zealand has pleaded guilty to falsifying results.
Consumer NZ says test reports from the US company have been used by manufacturers to justify the SPF claims for sunscreens sold to New Zealand consumers (File image).
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Consumer NZ is urging manufacturers relying on reports from the company to urgently retest their products.
New York-based AMA Laboratories owner Gabriel Letizia Jr admitted defrauding customers and causing sunscreens to be marketed on the basis of false reports.
Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said test reports from the US company had been used by manufacturers to justify the SPF claims for sunscreens sold to New Zealand consumers.
Consumer NZ urges for sunscreens to be retested after falsified results by AMA Labs
11 May, 2021 01:30 AM
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RNZ
Consumer NZ is urging manufacturers relying on reports from the company to urgently retest their products.
New York-based AMA Laboratories owner Gabriel Letizia Jr admitted defrauding customers and causing sunscreens to be marketed on the basis of false reports.
Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said test reports from the US company had been used by manufacturers to justify the SPF claims for sunscreens sold to New Zealand consumers.
Advertisement For many years, manufacturers sent us test reports from AMA Labs when our tests found their sunscreens weren t up to standard. Manufacturers continued to rely on AMA Labs results despite our tests showing products failed to meet their label claims, he said.
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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.