Household chemicals originating from a number of Western companies will disappear from the Russian shelves, said Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, referring to the identified non-compliances toxicological safety indicators.
Western manufacturers dominate the Russian market of detergents and cleaning agents.
In the communication of the regulator, as examples of companies of which products will be removed from the market due to the mismatch toxicological standards there are listed including Russian branches Henkel and Procter & Gamble, and also Colgate-Palmolive and The Clorox Company.
Later on Tuesday, it became known that Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare started "unscheduled inspection" on the Henkel factory in Perm region.
"There are conducted unscheduled inspections, agreed with the prosecutor's office, plus, the documents are checked. The results will be earlier than 4 days", - said on condition of anonymity a Rospotrebnadzor employee in the Perm region.
The Henkel representative, Natalia Hovakimyan, said that the company had not received official complaints from the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, but is aware of the unscheduled inspections at the factory, related to the quality of products.
Hovakimyan noted that all the products have passed the test and received the necessary state registration before entering the market.
"Without getting the state registration, we cannot begin to sell. Toxicological examination is a priority, and the goods are allowed for sell only after verification. State registration certificate is a proof that our products meet the requirements put forward by the competent authority."
"Today we are trying to figure out what is going on and decide what are our next steps," - said Hovakimyan.
Relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated sharply in 2014 after the annexation of the Crimea by Moscow and the erupted in eastern Ukraine uprising of pro-Russian separatists. The West has imposed sanctions on Russia, hitting the Russia's defense sector, the oil industry and the banks, to which Moscow responded with restrictions on the import of a number of Western goods, including food and flowers.