Trader convicted of selling unsafe tooth whitener
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- Published: Thursday, 11 August 2016 11:54
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A 47-year-old man from Runcorn, Cheshire has received 300 hours community service and and was ordered to pay £1,600 prosecution costs for selling tooth whitener containing 146 times the safe level of hydrogen peroxide, after pleading guilty to 11 offences at Warrington Magistrates Court. Trading Standards officers used a sting to buy three products from Stanton’s eBay business after receiving a tip-off.
The whiteners also had inadequate labelling information and the trader had imported these products to the UK to sell without making any safety checks or creating product technical files. The trader claimed on his eBay pages that the whitener fell within the legal limit even though his overseas supplier had stated the true peroxide levels on their own website.
The Council’s spokesman said a dental expert told magistrates that whitener with more than 0.1% available peroxide used in a unsupervised manner by members of the general public could result in burns to the unprotected gum tissue above the teeth, sensitivity as a result of permanent damage and an increased risk of cancer of the soft tissues of the mouth.
Magistrates sentenced Stanton to 300 hours unpaid work to be completed over 12 months. He was also required to pay prosecution costs of £1,614.99 and a victim surcharge of £60, all payable within 28 days.
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