Reasons for stopping production of Sun Care products
In developing sun care products WALA decided to go for the mineral-based sunscreen option because mineral sunscreens work on the surface of the skin and are extremely well tolerated. The German consumer magazine ÖKO-TEST recommends sunscreen products with mineral filters and its report on Dr.Hauschka Sun Care products was overall very positive.
For our current Dr.Hauschka Sun Care products we used the so-called Australian Standard to measure their UVA protection performance. This guarantees that a minimum of 90 percent of all UVA rays striking the skin are filtered. Until the new EU recommendation this was the most common method of measuring the UVA protection offered by sun care products world wide. Now the EU Commission on Standards has issued a recommendation which all sun protection products are supposed to meet by the summer of 2009. This requires that sun protection products in the EU must offer uniform minimum protection against UVA radiation and have a ratio of at least 1:3 UVA to UVB protection.
When chemical sun protection factors are used it is not difficult to achieve the required 1:3 ratio. For WALA, however, using chemical sun protection factors is out of the question. After intensive deliberation and reflection on the subject we have reached the conclusion that we cannot satisfy the high quality demands of WALA and our customers. For this reason Dr.Hauschka sunscreen products will no longer be available from our distributors from June 2009. Dr.Hauschka After Sun Lotion will continue to be included in our product range.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Your WALA Heilmittel GmbH
