Sunscreen manufacturers would be forced to test their products multiple times and hand their results to the Therapeutic Goods Administration before they could sell them to consumers, under strict new rules proposed by the national medicines regulator.
Customers’ faith in sunscreen was crushed last year when an investigation by consumer group Choice led to brands pulling popular names from shelves after more than three-quarters of products tested failed to meet their sun protection factor claims.
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