australia health
Which law in Australia prevent sunscreen manufacturers from displaying the PPD ratings on their sunscreens?
<p>I read on <a href="https://labmuffin.com/sunscreen-review-2-bioderma-la-roche-posay/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://labmuffin.com/sunscreen-review-2-bioderma-la-roche-posay/</a>:</p>

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  <p>The Canadian version has a PPD (UVA protection factor) of 42. Interestingly, even though there’s a known PPD value for the Australian version, they’re not allowed to publicise it due to some weird regulation.</p>
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<p>Which law in Australia prevent sunscreen manufacturers from displaying the persistent pigment darkening (PPD) ratings on their sunscreens?</p>

<h2>There isn't one</h2>

<p>Cosmetics (including sunscreens) are regulated by the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) under the <em><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00816" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989</a></em> (the IC(NA) Act) and the <em><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2010C00477" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Regulations 1990</a></em> subject to the <a href="https://www.tga.gov.au/sites/default/files/sunscreens-args.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">regulatory guidelines</a> of the Therapeutic Goods Administration; the responsible government agency.</p>

<p>In Australia, therapeutic sunscreens with an SPF rating of 4 or more and cosmetic sunscreens with an SPF rating of 30 or more <em>must</em> be broad-spectrum and comply with <a href="https://infostore.saiglobal.com/en-us/standards/as-nzs-2604-2012-117193_saig_as_as_267344/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AS/NZS 2604:2012</a>. Further, due to long-running (50+ years) public-health campaigns on sun danger, there is almost no <a href="https://www.priceline.com.au/search/?q=sunscreen" rel="nofollow noreferrer">market</a> for therapeutic sunscreens less than 50+ or cosmetic ones less than 30.</p>

<p>So, since almost all sunscreens in Australia are broad-spectrum, the SPF incorporates the information contained in the PPD and since there is a requirement to publicize the SPF and no requirement for PPD, sunscreen makers don't.</p>
