Both the country’s Food and Drug Administration and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, found the products met generally accepted safety standards for 1,4 dioxane and formaldehyde, according to press reports.
The investigation was in response to claims by the US group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics that many baby products contained traces of these chemicals and that this posed a health threat.
US trade body PCPC refuted the claims and called the report a cynical attempt to prey on concerned parents.