Can consumers be confident the products we buy online now are safe? Not really. Changing the law to catch up with other countries would help.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration is recommending extra safeguards for two ingredients and a sunscreen ingredient by-product.
Kmart recently pulled a ‘hyaluronic acid cleansing balm’ from its shelves after a teenager was hospitalised with eye pain. But hyaluronic acid itself is usually safe.
Both praise and criticism of product manufacturers have their place, and when used effectively, can drive companies to act more responsibly.
In the US states that have made it hard to sue directors, firms are 30% less likely to recall faulty products.
Australian needs a ‘general safety provision’ that obliges firms to be proactive, not reactive, in ensuring they supply safe consumer products.
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Professor of Comparative and Transnational Law, University of Sydney; University of Tokyo
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Professor of Marketing, Adelaide University
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Professor in Finance and Business Analytics, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Indiana University
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Associate Professor in Finance, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, Product Formulation and Development, Analytical Methods, Monash University