Famous Aussie sunscreen faces class action

One of Australia's biggest sunscreen brands could be slapped with a class action after several of its lotions failed to meet the level of protection advertised.

Seven of Banana Boat's Aerosol Sprays offered protection well below the SPF50+ it claimed to offer on the bottle.

Law firm Bannister Law ordered the tests to be conducted by a skincare product testing company after one of their clients claimed their children had been burnt while using several of the sprays.

One sunscreen rated as low as SPF11+ during lab tests.

Bannister Law is now asking other consumers who have suffered burns while using the spray to join their client.

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Banana Boat says inaccurate or insufficient application may be to blame.