Recently in Australia, the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission have gone ahead with legal proceedings against a particular online e-cigarette retailer. The particular online e-cigarette retail company is known as The Joystick Company. The alleged accusations are that they made false or misleading claims that their product did not contain toxic chemicals.
Key Takeaways:
- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched legal proceedings against online e-cigarette retailer, The Joystick Company, for allegedly making false or misleading claims that its products did not contain toxic chemicals found in regular cigarettes.
- The ACCC said it had previously issued Joystick with three infringement notices as it had reasonable grounds to believe that the company had made a number of false or misleading representations. Joystick did not pay the penalties specified in the infringement notices within the specified payment period.
- The proceedings against The Joystick Company follow the ACCC’s decision to commence proceedings against Social-Lites Pty Ltd and Elusion New Zealand Limited in June 2016, also for alleged breaches of the ACL.
““It is crucial that suppliers have scientific evidence to support claims that their products do not contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde.””
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