Correct ingredient labelling will appear on Reject Shop (Aust) Pty Ltd cosmetics following Australian Competition and Consumer Commission action.
The Reject Shop, which has about 70 discount retail outlets in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, sold a number of cosmetic products without their ingredients listed on their containers in accordance with the mandatory product information standard for cosmetic products.
The standard requires that the ingredients of a cosmetic be listed on its container or on the product itself if the product is not packed in a container. The standard also sets out certain requirements as to how the ingredients are to be listed.
The ACCC first raised its concern with The Reject Shop in July, ACCC Chairman, Professor Allan Fels, said today. But the company continued to sell cosmetics which did not comply.
The Reject Shop has now given the ACCC court enforceable undertakings that it will comply with the standard. It has also given an undertaking to the ACCC to provide consumers with an ingredients list of those products sold within the past three months which did not comply with the standard, if the list is available.
Where there is no list available, The Reject Shop will provide a refund to consumers who purchased those products. A list of the products which did not have ingredient labelling will be published in newspapers and displayed in each of the companys stores, he said.
The company has further undertaken to implement a trade practices corporate compliance program with an emphasis on compliance with prescribed consumer product information and safety standards.
Cosmetic suppliers must ensure products they sell comply with the cosmetics information standard or they risk breaching the Trade Practices Act. Proper ingredient labelling of cosmetics lets consumers identify those products with ingredients which may irritate, or cause an allergic reaction, Professor Fels said.
The Reject Shop, which has about 70 discount retail outlets in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, sold a number of cosmetic products without their ingredients listed on their containers in accordance with the mandatory product information standard for cosmetic products.
The standard requires that the ingredients of a cosmetic be listed on its container or on the product itself if the product is not packed in a container. The standard also sets out certain requirements as to how the ingredients are to be listed.
The ACCC first raised its concern with The Reject Shop in July, ACCC Chairman, Professor Allan Fels, said today. But the company continued to sell cosmetics which did not comply.
The Reject Shop has now given the ACCC court enforceable undertakings that it will comply with the standard. It has also given an undertaking to the ACCC to provide consumers with an ingredients list of those products sold within the past three months which did not comply with the standard, if the list is available.
Where there is no list available, The Reject Shop will provide a refund to consumers who purchased those products. A list of the products which did not have ingredient labelling will be published in newspapers and displayed in each of the companys stores, he said.
The company has further undertaken to implement a trade practices corporate compliance program with an emphasis on compliance with prescribed consumer product information and safety standards.
Cosmetic suppliers must ensure products they sell comply with the cosmetics information standard or they risk breaching the Trade Practices Act. Proper ingredient labelling of cosmetics lets consumers identify those products with ingredients which may irritate, or cause an allergic reaction, Professor Fels said.