Russia Pulls P&G, Other Western Household Brands From Stores
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Russia has pulled household chemicals from Procter & Gamble Co., Henkel, Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Clorox Co. among others from shelves, citing safety concerns, in what could become the biggest threat of fallout yet to western marketers from worsening relations with Moscow.
Bloomberg reports that the website of Russia’s official consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, restricted sales of detergents and other household chemicals from the U.S. and German companies after a probe showed violations of toxicological safety requirements. RT.com, the website of the state-funded Russia Today TV network, has focused since tensions between the west and Russia began rising last year on studies linking cancer and other toxicological dangers to household chemicals.
The move comes amid sanctions imposed by the U.S. and European Union against Russia over its involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. Russia has responded with an import ban on some foods from the E.U. and U.S., including widely publicized destruction of illegally imported foodstuffs.
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