Anger Mounts in Senegal Over Chinese Firm’s Sanitary Pad Scandal

Purple liquid being absorbed by a sanitary pad. There is mounting anger in Senegal against Softcare, a subsidiary of the Chinese group Sunda International over the alleged use of expired materials in sanitary pads and diapers. Photo / FOTOGRAV DI ANTONIO GRAVANTE/SCI / AGV / Science Photo Library / AFP
Purple liquid being absorbed by a sanitary pad. There is mounting anger in Senegal against Softcare, a subsidiary of the Chinese group Sunda International over the alleged use of expired materials in sanitary pads and diapers. Photo / FOTOGRAV DI ANTONIO GRAVANTE/SCI / AGV / Science Photo Library / AFP

Anger is mounting in Senegal over the alleged use of expired materials in sanitary pads and diapers by a leading Chinese firm, which denies any wrongdoing or bribery.

The West African country’s pharmaceutical regulator late last year accused Softcare of possessing some 1,300 kilograms (2,865 pounds) of expired and unsuitable raw materials, including polyethylene film, for use in its products.

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