<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian sunscreen brand Ultra Violette has pulled one of its products from shelves and is offering customer refunds over "concerning discrepancies" in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sunscreen-products-australia-testings-spf-ratings-explained/164c0a25-9cb0-4ccd-acb3-e0aae631bcfc" rel="" target="_blank" title="SPF testing results."><span>SPF testing results.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes just months after a Choice report alleged its Lean Screen SPF 50+ Mattifying Zinc Skinscreen returned an SPF rating of 4.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the time, Ultra Violette disputed the Choice findings and vowed to pursue additional testing.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-nsw-rain-flood-risk-forecast-warnings-updates/01a8b26d-c110-46a6-8f1e-dcec52c7bd7e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Millions facing days of flood risk as torrential rain eases</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Now founders Rebecca Jefferd and Ava Matthews issued a </span><a href="https://ultraviolette.com.au/pages/lean-screen-update" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="statement"><span>statement</span></a><span> apologising that the product had "fallen short of the standards we pride ourselves on".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As a sunscreen brand, our responsibility has always been to prioritise your safety, protection and skin health above all else," it read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It remains the basis for every decision we make, which is why when you heard from us last, we made a commitment to you that we would continue to investigate a concerning discrepancy in SPF testing results of our Lean Screen."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/ultra-violette-sunscreen-pulled-from-shelves-lean-screen-spf-testing-discrepancy/55852597-16f6-463f-a22f-4a7e9fe98c96" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jefferd and Matthews stated that the product underwent testing at multiple independent labs to confirm the products's efficacy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Results from those tests returned varying SPF ratings of 4, 10, 21, 26, 33, 60, 61, and 64.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That wasn't good enough for us, and it isn't good enough for you," they said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are deeply sorry that one of our products has fallen short of the standards we pride ourselves on and that you have come to expect of us."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bassam-hamzy-prison-attack-goulburn-brothers-for-life/34267c3b-3b67-4238-b132-e55efbe26d35" target="_blank"><strong><span>CCTV shows violent attack on one of NSW's most notorious prisoners</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In response to the inconsistency in testing, Ultra Violette announced it would be withdrawing the Lean/Velvet Screen from the market "effective immediately".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The brand will also be offering refunds to customers, "regardless of where it was purchased".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lean Screen SPF 50+ Mattifying Zinc Skinscreen has been sold at major retailers like Sephora and Adore Beauty.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ultra Violette said it will no longer be making any of its Skinscreen products with the third-party manufacturer that created the Lean Screen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It claimed Lean Screen was the only sunscreen that manufacturer made for the brand.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The brand also announced it will be cutting ties with the original testing lab that vetted the Lean Screen product and will be working with new testing facilities going forward.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It also vowed to increase the frequency of product testing to every 18 months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ultra Violette insisted the SPF discrepancies only affected the Lean Screen product.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Additional testing on all Ultra Violette products has reinforced our confidence in the rest of our line."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/why-is-it-so-wet-in-nsw-dry-melbourne-extreme-weather-explained/5584f062-b265-467f-9bac-9b3b943e26d3" target="_blank"><strong><span>Great for Melbourne, bad for Sydney: The factors causing August's strange weather</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Choice CEO Ashley de Silva said Lean Screen being pulled from shelves over discrepancies in SPF testing results "confirms there is a clear problem with how sunscreen is regulated and tested in Australia".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In a country where two in three people will be diagnosed with skin cancer, people deserve to trust that the SPF ratings on sunscreen are accurate and reliable," she said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Without CHOICE's investigation, 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