Throw these away before you hit the beach – urgent product recalls on FIVE popular sunscreen products after a CANCER-causing ingredient was mistakenly added
- Nivea sun protect moisturizer bottle and roll-on have been urgently recalled
- The Cancer Council’s small sunscreen tube and pump bottle also recalled
- 2XP’s bronze protect sunscreen lotion also affected and should be discarded
- Product Safety Australia said specific batches may have had benzene added
Australian consumers are being urged to stop using five popular sun safety creams which have been urgently recalled over cancer fears.
There are concerns the five products may have had Benzene, a potential cancer-causing ingredient, unintentionally added during manufacturing, Product Safety Australia said.
Four of the products were made by two major brands – the Cancer Council and Nivea – and were sold across Australia in hundreds of supermarkets, grocery stores and pharmacies and online.
Two of the Cancer Council’s sensitive sunscreen SPF 50+ products, including the 110ml tube and the 200ml pump pack, were officially recalled for this reason.
Consumers have been urged to stop using Cancer Council sun creams with two particular batch numbers: 1103178 and 1099751
The affected batch number for the tube sunscreen is 1103178, while for the pump bottle the batch number to look out for is 1099751.
They were sold between 1 October, 2020 and 1 June, 2021.
Two of Nivea’s sun protect and moisture sunscreen lotions are also affected by the same concerns.
Nivea’s SPF 30, 200ml bottle of sun protect and moisture cream and the SPF 50+ 65ML roll-on have also been recalled urgently.
Nivea’s SPF 30, 200ml bottle of sun protect (left) and moisture cream and the SPF 50+ 65ML roll-on (right) have also been recalled urgently
The affected batch number for the 200ml bottle is 12640440-BN, which comes in a blue bottle with a blue and yellow cap and has the product code 85616.
The Nivea roll-on batch number is 12669940BN.
The products were sold between 27 July, 2021 and 22 April, 2022.
The four recalls come two days after a batch of 2XP’s SPF50+ bronze protect sunscreen lotion was also recalled for benzene contamination.
The batch number was 1102889 and the product was for sale at Coles, Hawthorn East in Victoria.
‘Benzene is classified as a carcinogen (a substance that could potentially cause cancer),’ a statement from Product Safety Australia said.
‘Exposure to benzene can be linked to adverse health effects depending on the level and duration of exposure.’
2XP’s SPF 50+ protect lotion, with the batch number was 1102889 was recalled. It was sold at Coles, Hawthorn East in Victoria
Consumers who bought the Cancer Council sunscreens are urged to contact the manufacturer, Vitality Brands Worldwide, for a refund.
People who bought the Nivea product can go to the company’s website to find out about refunds.
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