South Korean authorities have found some children’s products sold by Shein to contain toxic substances. SINGAPORE - Online retailer Shein has removed from its website the products that the South Korean authorities found to have high levels of toxic substances. Singapore’s Consumer Product Safety Office (CPSO) and Singapore-headquartered Shein separately said, in response to The Straits Times’ queries, that the tainted products have also been removed from its online catalogue while investigations are ongoing.
CPSO, a government agency that ensures consumer products here are safe for use, added that it has not received any feedback from consumers here on safety issues relating to products sold by Shein. The authorities in Seoul have found some children’s products, including children’s shoes and leather bags, sold by the Chinese-founded company to contain toxic substances like phthalates in amounts hundreds of times above acceptable levels, AFP reported on May 28. “The CPSO has been in touch with Shein, and we understand that they are conducting further investigations on the products that were identified to be unsafe by the Seoul authorities,” said a CPSO spokesman, adding that it will continue to engage Shein and the relevant South Korean regulators to follow up on the investigations.
“We will work with the platform to remove the sale of products that are found to be non-compliant with requirements under the Consumer Protection (Consumer Goods Safety Requirement.
