Demand to withdraw cleaning product in case people drink it

The FACUA-Consumers in Action association has sent a letter to Lidl in which it demands that it remove a Robbyrob brand car paint cleaner and protector from its establishments for being marketed in a format similar to a drink that could cause confusion among consumers and lead to it being consumed.

The association has learned of the existence of this article through a Twitter user, and has verified it first-hand by going to a Lidl establishment.

For this reason, it has denounced Walter Schmidt, the company that manufactures the product, before the General Directorate of Consumer Affairs and the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for marketing this cleaner and protector in Spain in a format that could be confused with a soft drink.

Royal Decree 770/1999, of May 7, which approves the technical-sanitary regulations for the preparation, circulation and trade of detergents and cleaners, states in point 4 of its article 8 that “products that have a shape, smell, colour, appearance, presentation, labelling, volume or size, such that it is foreseeable that consumers, particularly children, will confuse them with food products and therefore put them in their mouths , suck or ingest them”.

Similarly, Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 16, 2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures establishes that “containers containing a dangerous substance or mixture supplied to the general public shall not be shaped or designed to attract or arouse the curiosity of children, or mislead consumers, nor be similar in presentation or design to that used for food, feed, medicines or products cosmetics, which may mislead consumers”.

“Apricot Fragrance” Cleaner

This Robbyrob brand car paint cleaner and protector is sold in all Lidl stores in Spain. The product is made in Germany, and is sold in a one-litre format with a red cap and a transparent bottle that reveals the orange liquid inside.

In addition, it is marked “with apricot fragrance”. The smell of this fruit can also lead, especially in children, to believe that it is a drinkable product. Likewise, the main label of the product is in English and German, which makes it even more difficult for the consumer to know that it is an article that is not suitable for ingestion.

For all these reasons, FACUA has asked the General Directorate of Consumer Affairs to open a disciplinary file against the company Walter Schmidt for having violated current regulations related to the circulation and trade of detergents and cleaners. In addition, the association requires Lidl to withdraw the product immediately, and Aesan to order its withdrawal through its official channels, and alert and spread the notice at the community level.

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