Rospotrebnadzor recommended retailers remove 10 household chemicals and detergents from sale due to toxicology safety noncompliance. Among them are Fairy Platinum, Persil Expert Sensitive, Palmolive liquid soap and Vernel fabric softener.

Retailers received the recommendation from Rospotrebnadzor, which found that the products of manufacturers did not comply with toxicological safety indicators.
As stated by the agency’s press service, violations were identified during the examination of washing powders and detergents from Henkel Rus, Nevskaya Kosmetika, ESP-Contract GmbH, Procter & Gamble, Werner & Mertz GmbH, Colgate-Palmolive, and The Clorox Company. More specifically, the items that should be removed from store shelves include, in particular, the Fairy Platinum dishwashing liquid, Persil Expert Sensitive powder, Palmolive Naturals Intensive Moisture Olive and Moisturizing Milk liquid soap, Vernel Spring Freshness fabric conditioner, Pemos Children’s detergent, as well as floor-cleaning products. In total, the list contains 10 items, the regional Rospotrebnadzor office’s press service commented.
The Class-Market supermarket chain confirmed that the letter from Rospotrebnadzor was received on August 25. Starting that same day, the prohibited goods began to be removed from stores. The cosmetics, perfume, and household chemicals online store Irmag said it had not received any letters from the agency, and accordingly no goods have been withdrawn from sale so far. However, the retailer sent an inquiry on this matter to the head of Rospotrebnadzor, and the organization is currently awaiting a response.
Elena Golub, director of the household chemicals online store Irmarket, noted that the product units listed in the Rospotrebnadzor letter are not sold by the store. The letter arrived at Irmarket on August 26. The list of banned household chemicals is small, but raises questions, Elena Golub emphasized. In the Irmarket director’s view, the situation is driven by “some internal disputes.”
“I think this is complete nonsense, and I would like to know how this was determined,” she commented. “Just think about it: the Palmolive line has six kinds of liquid soap. Why should ‘Olive and Milk’ be removed, and not ‘Watermelon,’ for example? Also, I read the response from Colgate-Palmolive, which states that tests were conducted on July 15, 2015, and the documents are in order. Or, for example, Nevskaya Kosmetika has the household soap ‘Eared Nanny Against Stains’ and ‘Eared Nanny Whitening.’ Why does ‘whitening’ fall under toxicological examination, while ‘against stains’ does not? It is unclear on what basis Rospotrebnadzor drew such conclusions.”
As the agency’s press service reported, Rospotrebnadzor will not conduct raids or inspections to identify prohibited goods on store shelves.