In recent days, the social media has published an unfounded article with the assertion that the dark coloured squares on the back of the products, sold in tubes such as toothpaste, shampoo, cream, etc., display the chemicals contained in the product. We often asked questions about this article, which circulated in the social media, so it was necessary to write the following explanatory text:

First, we would like to state the following, the tube packaging manufacturers are companies that produce only the packaging; they have no contact with the product which is in the package; it is therefore impossible for these companies to know the chemical properties of the product in the packaging or to provide information on the contents of the packaging. The packaging manufacturers use the graphics sent by their customers to the mentioned tubes with the given weight and hand over these packages them back.

Now we come to the reason why these squares are on the tubes; the tube packaging is produced automatically from start to finish. For this reason, the automation system must evaluate some characters at certain points in the manufacturing process. These squares are printed on the tubes during the application of the graphic print design, after which the tubes for the installation of caps are transferred to the capping machine. Depending on the product, they are attached with a standard fastener or snap-on fastener (opening direction continuously on the front side-tick tock caps). With Snap on caps, the automation system with the optical eyes can see the squares and mount the caps in the right direction. These optical eyes are also applied when filling the product. Appropriate positioning is made possible by the optical eyes at the time of filling and closing the tube arranged in automatic filling machines, the front and back of the printed packaging is identified and the tube is closed properly (font and logo legibly centred closure). The reason why the colours of these squares differ is that the optical eyes used in the automation system perceive the two colours that are most opposed when working at high speed (such as black on white, therefore dark colours like black are more applied); the other thing are the costs. Tube packaging manufacturers are accounting the costs of tube packaging by considering the weight of packaging, graphic ink colour, and shutter type, and for that reason and to reduce the costs and to determine of printing the squares that the optical eyes can read, the colours are sometimes used in the graphical representation.

In short, according to the above reasons, the claim is very ignorant to say that these innocent squares used by the modern automation system express the dangers of human health. In addition, the Ministry of Health has clearly stated in the Cosmetics Regulation what should be on or in the product in connection with such products and with the packaging.

Those who wish can see this information at the following link:

http://saglik.gov.tr/TR/belge/1-472/kozmetik-yonetmeligi.html

In addition, we would like to explain the following; The necessary warnings were made to persons and organizations who have spread this type of information wrongly or without legal basis and without control in the social media.

The negative / false perception that emerged from this information in society was suggested; It was reported that not only the consumers, but also the tube packaging and cosmetics manufacturers, who have provided employment and jobs with a great deal of effort and expenditure, suffered great damage.

This article is a notice and at the same time a warning to broadcast page that we cannot access in the Internet.