THE company behind Lean Screen, the sunscreen claiming an SPF of 50 which was found in recent testing by Choice to have an SPF of 4 (PD 12 Jun), has withdrawn the product from the market and is urging customers to claim a refund.
Ultra Violette commissioned several labs to test Lean Screen, and received results with "significant and atypical variability", with SPF ratings of 4, 10, 21, 26, 33, 60, 61 and 64.
In addition to recalling the product, Ultra Violette said that it will no longer use the third-party manufacturer that made the product, or the testing laboratory that provided the original SPF results.
It has also committed to testing all new products at a minimum of two different independent labs prior to launch, and retest all products off the shelf every 18 months.
"We are deeply sorry that one of our products has fallen short of the standards we pride ourselves on and that you have come to expect of us," the company said.
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