The mother of a 4-year-old child who used baby care products from Johnson & Johnson China took the consumer goods giant to court in Beijing yesterday for selling "products containing poisonous substances".

Shi Xia, 32, wants the company to apologize for the sale of the items and label them as containing the substances accordingly, court records showed.

The trial is the latest challenge by Chinese consumers against a reputable company whose products were found to contain traces of 1, 4-dioxane in tests by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine this March.