12/7/2020 · Consumer New Zealand’s latest round of testing has found five brands of sunscreen that failed to meet the Sun Protection Factor (SPF).
12/12/2018 · Consumer NZ warns sun seekers not to believe everything they read when using sunblock. Six out of 10 sunscreens tested by Consumer NZ fail to.
Almost 50 percent of sunscreen brands failed the test. Credits: Video – Newshub Image – File. The Cancer Society is recalling one of its sunscreens after Consumer NZ .
11/20/2019 · Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said the Cancer Society sunblock was tested at two different labs and scored a maximum sun protection factor of 30. As a result of our findings, the Cancer Society said it’s withdrawing the batch of the product we tested.
11/21/2019 · Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said sunscreens that failed included a Cancer Society product and several other big-name brands. Ms Chetwin said the Cancer Society Everyday Sun Lotion SPF50+ was tested at two different labs and returned a maximum of SPF30. To claim SPF50+, a sunscreen has to achieve SPF60 in lab tests.
11/21/2019 · The Australian/ New Zealand standard limits SPF claims to 50+ in line with other international standards. For more information, see “What do the SPF numbers mean?” What do the SPF numbers mean? An SPF15 sunscreen that’s properly applied is meant to give you 15 times the protection you’d get with unprotected skin.
11/21/2019 · Nine sunscreen brands fail protection tests – Consumer NZ … New Zealand’s public broadcaster, providing comprehensive NZ news and current affairs, specialist audio features and documentaries.
Consumer NZ said a number of the brands had relied on historic testing results from US sunscreen -testing facility AMA Laboratories to support their claims. But this lab faced charges in 2019 for falsifying test results over three decades between 1987 and 2017, to which four of the staff pleaded guilty.
Consumer NZ is accusing some brands of attacking the messenger when it comes to their sunscreen testing. It is standing by its testing practices.
Consumer New Zealand said Sukin had advised its suncreen was being retested. Le Tan Coconut Lotion and Ecosol Water Shield Sunscreen met neither the SPF nor broad-spectrum claim made on their label. It is the second time the Le Tan sunscreen failed to meet its SPF claim in testing, according to Consumer NZ.
