Fair Trade Commission Files Complaint Against 'National Baby Bathtub' Company for Detecting Environmental Hormones at 600 Times the Standard
Companies that advertised baby bathtubs containing environmental hormones exceeding 600 times the standard limit as safe products are now under prosecution investigation.
On the 22nd, the Fair Trade Commission announced that it had reported Daehyun Chemical Industry and Gihyeon Industry to the prosecution for violating the Act on Labeling and Advertising by advertising baby bathtubs containing environmental hormones as KC certified products. The corporate entities and representatives of these manufacturers were already brought to trial in April on charges including the Special Act on Safety of Children's Products and fraud, and with the Fair Trade Commission's report, they will face another prosecution investigation. Cases of violating the Act on Labeling and Advertising are exclusive prosecution cases that can only be prosecuted if reported by the Fair Trade Commission.
Separately from the report, Daehyun Chemical Industry was fined 2 million won, and Gihyeon Industry was fined 3 million won. Considering the consumers' financial and psychological damages, the Fair Trade Commission regarded this case as a 'serious violation' and applied a 1.5% penalty rate. However, since the product price was low and the sales related to the violation were small, the fines were relatively low.
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These companies are accused of advertising and selling baby bathtubs from October 2019 for about a year, which contained phthalate-based plasticizers exceeding the safety standard by 612.5 times, as safe products. It was investigated that they sold products without undergoing children's product safety standard inspections while displaying the KC safety certification mark. This product was sold at Daiso under the name 'Water Drain Baby Bathtub' for 5,000 won. It gained popularity to the extent of being called the 'National Baby Bathtub' as it was also distributed through open markets such as Naver and Gmarket.
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