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Coco-cola, Kellogg’s, and Mattel top the list of international brands guilty of abusing consumer rights, with Takeda Pharmaceuticals winning the overall prize for taking advantage of poor US regulation and advertising sleeping pills to children, despite health warnings about paediatric use.

The International Bad Products Awards has made news worldwide. Here are just some of the stories:

• Bad products named at Sydney conference – Malaysia Sun, Malaysia
• Child sleeping drug world’s worst product – Herald Sun, Australia
• Coke, Kellogg’s cop Bad Product Awards – ABC, Australia
• Consumer rights abusers named, shamed – SMH, Australia
• Drug firm tops ethical offender list – The Age, Australia
• Four corporations win bad product awards – OneWorld.net, US
• Japan’s Takeda wins worst product award – Digital Journal, Canada
• Japan’s Takeda wins worst product award – Earthtimes, UK
• Products of dubious distinction win global awards – New Indian Express, India

• Japan’s Takeda wins worst product award – Monsters and Critics.com, UK
• Kids’ sleeping pill is worst product – The Standard, Hong Kong
• Sleeping drug ad wins ‘worst product’ – NineMSN, Australia
• Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products – AFP, Australia
• Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products – Brisband Times, Australia
• Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products – France24, France
• Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products – Economic Times, India
  
• Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products – PhysOrg.com, US
• Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products – Inquirer.net, Philippines
• Sleeping tablets for kids given ‘award’ for worst product – The South African Star, South Africa
• Some things are bad for you – Sowetan, South Africa
• World’s worst products ‘honoured’ – News.com, Australia
• Worst global product: Kids’ sleeping pills – Zee News, India
• World’s worst products – 7Days, United Arab Emirates