Fake sanitary towels flood market
PROCTER & Gamble Services, a major sanitary towels maker, lost 20% market in the past three months due to an increase in fake products.
By Caroline Batenga
PROCTER & Gamble Services, a major sanitary towels maker, lost 20% market in the past three months due to an increase in fake products.
“People are being put at a health risk and exploited because the fake products do not perform to their expectations,†Andrew Plastow, the Procter & Gamble Services East Africa manager, the manufacturers of Always sanitary towels, said.
“The genuine Always sanitary towels have a flower symbol while the fake ones have a bird and an infinity logo,†he said.
Plastow said the producers of the fake Always sanitary towels change the art-work on the package, their towels leak and do not stick.
“The fake sanitary towels do not have a protective gel, an omission that can lead to skin rushes and other diseases,†he said.
Plastow said the company was working with the Government to stop the problem.
He also called on the women to reject fake sanitary towels.
“This is a challenge that we must handle together,†he said.
Plastow was speaking at the launch of a new type of Always sanitary towel and new logo at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel, on Friday.
He said the new product, which is drier, would provide more comfort.
Apart from Always sanitary towels, Procter and Gamble, always produces; Pampers, Pringles, Ariel, Gillette, Dawn and Duracell. About 16% of Uganda’s women use sanitary towels.
PROCTER & Gamble Services, a major sanitary towels maker, lost 20% market in the past three months due to an increase in fake products.
“People are being put at a health risk and exploited because the fake products do not perform to their expectations,†Andrew Plastow, the Procter & Gamble Services East Africa manager, the manufacturers of Always sanitary towels, said.
“The genuine Always sanitary towels have a flower symbol while the fake ones have a bird and an infinity logo,†he said.
Plastow said the producers of the fake Always sanitary towels change the art-work on the package, their towels leak and do not stick.
“The fake sanitary towels do not have a protective gel, an omission that can lead to skin rushes and other diseases,†he said.
Plastow said the company was working with the Government to stop the problem.
He also called on the women to reject fake sanitary towels.
“This is a challenge that we must handle together,†he said.
Plastow was speaking at the launch of a new type of Always sanitary towel and new logo at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel, on Friday.
He said the new product, which is drier, would provide more comfort.
Apart from Always sanitary towels, Procter and Gamble, always produces; Pampers, Pringles, Ariel, Gillette, Dawn and Duracell. About 16% of Uganda’s women use sanitary towels.