Approximately 40 products such as "effective for new corona" disinfectant spray 19:43 June 5
The Consumer Affairs Agency sought to rectify the labeling of about 40 products such as disinfectant sprays that claim to be effective against the new coronavirus, because the evidence was not found.
The Consumer Affairs Agency is conducting an urgent research on products that advertise on the Internet as if they are effective in preventing infection, etc., regarding the new coronavirus.
On the 5th, the results of the survey conducted from April to May were announced, and there was a problem with the display of 38 products, and 35 companies that sell these products were asked to rectify them.
Products that require labeling correction are health foods that were labeled as sterilizing sprays that use amino acids and photocatalysts, and that the components contained in seaweed "suppress cytokines."
At present, the Consumer Affairs Agency says that the nature of the virus has not yet been clarified in detail, and there is no environment in which a test to confirm the effect can be performed, so that the basis is not accepted.
Examples of problematic advertisements are introduced on the Consumer Affairs Agency website.
Koichi Nishikawa, Manager of the Consumer Affairs Agency's Display Countermeasures Division, said, "When I was told that it would work for the new corona, I was overwhelmed, but there are things that have no basis. Is talking.