Watchdog says shampoo is safe
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July 17, 2010, Saturday
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CHINA'S food and drug watchdog yesterday passed shampoos made by domestic firm BaWang International (Group) as safe to use, saying the levels of a potentially carcinogenic ingredient were within permitted limits.
A statement by the State Food and Drug Administration said tests showed the levels of 1,4-dioxane posed no danger to users.
Hong Kong-based Next Magazine reported that samples of two herbal shampoo products from BaWang were found to contain dioxane.
The statement said the SFDA immediately investigated and tested samples of the products.
It said amounts of dioxane below 100 ppm were safe according to internationally agreed standards, but did not specify the volume of dioxane in the BaWang shampoos.
Last night's statement came after more shampoos had been found to contain dioxane -- Rejoice from United States-based Procter & Gamble, and a shampoo from the Ausnow International (Group) in Zhongshan City in Guangdong Province, the Oriental Morning Post reported yesterday.
On Wednesday, the Guangzhou-based BaWang said it was "shocked" after the Hong Kong magazine claimed its products contained a substance that could be carcinogenic. It said then that the level of dioxane in its products was well within safety limits.
The latest tests were conducted by SGS Hong Kong, a testing and inspection company, after some local residents had sent it samples, the Oritental Morning Post said.
Next Magazine on Tuesday also cited results from the SGS firm, saying three types of shampoo from BaWang contained the chemical.
The latest tests showed one bottle of BaWang's herbal shampoo contained 27 parts per million of dioxane, followed by Rejoice's 8.8ppm and Ausnow's 2.9ppm, the newspaper said.
The US Food and Drug Administration's limit for dioxane is 20ppm.
Ausnow said it had no idea its products contained dioxane but believed it was in the raw materials used.
The company was checking all its products before making new batches with other raw materials, the newspaper said.
A statement by the State Food and Drug Administration said tests showed the levels of 1,4-dioxane posed no danger to users.
Hong Kong-based Next Magazine reported that samples of two herbal shampoo products from BaWang were found to contain dioxane.
The statement said the SFDA immediately investigated and tested samples of the products.
It said amounts of dioxane below 100 ppm were safe according to internationally agreed standards, but did not specify the volume of dioxane in the BaWang shampoos.
Last night's statement came after more shampoos had been found to contain dioxane -- Rejoice from United States-based Procter & Gamble, and a shampoo from the Ausnow International (Group) in Zhongshan City in Guangdong Province, the Oriental Morning Post reported yesterday.
On Wednesday, the Guangzhou-based BaWang said it was "shocked" after the Hong Kong magazine claimed its products contained a substance that could be carcinogenic. It said then that the level of dioxane in its products was well within safety limits.
The latest tests were conducted by SGS Hong Kong, a testing and inspection company, after some local residents had sent it samples, the Oritental Morning Post said.
Next Magazine on Tuesday also cited results from the SGS firm, saying three types of shampoo from BaWang contained the chemical.
The latest tests showed one bottle of BaWang's herbal shampoo contained 27 parts per million of dioxane, followed by Rejoice's 8.8ppm and Ausnow's 2.9ppm, the newspaper said.
The US Food and Drug Administration's limit for dioxane is 20ppm.
Ausnow said it had no idea its products contained dioxane but believed it was in the raw materials used.
The company was checking all its products before making new batches with other raw materials, the newspaper said.
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