00:00Even on a rainy day, Angie Nags makes sure she's fully protected from the sun.
00:07She has an autoimmune disease called lupus.
00:11My lupus particularly is highly stimulated by UV exposure.
00:16Angie regularly use 2 of 19 sunscreens that have been recalled or paused from sale in recent weeks
00:24over concerns they weren't meeting their SPF claims.
00:28They were all made using the same base formulation from PERF manufacturer Wildchild Laboratories.
00:36And at that point I went, you know what, I don't feel like the full story is being told.
00:41An ABC investigation has found Wildchild has been blocked from importing their sunscreen products to the US since 2022.
00:50But Australia's regulator, the TGA, continued to allow Wildchild to supply sunscreens.
00:57I think that in this situation there are obviously some things to learn from the fact that the signal might have been missed earlier on.
01:05A 2024 audit report from America's regulator, obtained by the ABC,
01:11reveals the agency uncovered several violations in Wildchild's manufacturing processes.
01:18There was a notable lack of quality assurance within all the processes of manufacturing, testing and release of the product.
01:26Wildchild's CEO said all issues identified by the FDA have been addressed by significant investment in this facility.
01:35But the TGA told the ABC it was not aware of the FDA's 2024 audit report until you began investigating several sunscreens in June this year.
01:47The TGA has lost their social licence right now in terms of telling us what is safe and how to protect ourselves and our families from the sun.
01:57ì•Š the U.S.
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