Source: "Procter & Gamble Urgently Recalls Multiple Products with Child Safety Risks or Laundry Pods" - Xinhuanet 2024-04-10
Preface
When it comes to "Procter & Gamble", you may feel a little unfamiliar, but when it comes to brands such as Head & Shoulders, Pantene, and Rejoice, you must be familiar with these products around us, all of which are brands under Procter & Gamble.
Whether it's the shampoo we use in the shower, the Tide we use when we wash our clothes, the Blue Wave laundry detergent, or the Braun razor for men, it's all P&G's handiwork.
It has so many national brands, which is enough to see the strength of this company, but in 2021, a shocking news came out of the media: many products of Procter & Gamble actually contain carcinogens!
The confidence of an established daily necessities company
Procter & Gamble was founded in 1837 and has a history of nearly 200 years.
Procter & Gamble is one of the world's largest consumer goods companies and has a strong presence in the consumer chemicals market.
Procter & Gamble's products include shampoo, skin care products, cosmetics, baby care products, feminine hygiene products, and more.
These are essential items in everyday life, and it is precisely because of P&G's high practicality and low price.
Procter & Gamble now sells and manufactures in more than 160 countries and regions around the world, serving nearly 3 billion people around the world.
The shampoo you pick up in the shower is likely to be Head & Shoulders, Pantene, or Sassoon.
When it comes to skincare, your favorite "lady brand" SK-II is a sub-brand of Procter & Gamble.
When washing clothes, your usual tide and blue waves will escort your clothes.
It can be said that we have unconsciously become loyal users of P&G.
Now, however, there is the alarming news that Procter & Gamble's brand contains carcinogens......
Is carcinogenicity true or false?
On December 17, 2021, Procter & Gamble issued an announcement claiming that due to the detection of the carcinogen benzene!
Therefore, four brands of spray toiletries such as Pantene produced by Procter & Gamble are being urgently recalled.
In response to such behavior, Procter & Gamble said in the announcement that benzene is not an ingredient in any spray product.
Carcinogen benzene detected! The global daily chemical giant is urgently recalling these products
However, they recently detected "unexpected levels of benzene" after the product was ejected from the bottle.
Benzene is an organic compound that, if inhaled by humans, can cause pathologies in the body and increase the incidence of cancer.
Therefore, it is listed as a class I carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Not only that, but direct contact with benzene is also extremely harmful to the human body.
Therefore, the entry of such "toxic goods" containing carcinogens into the Chinese market will cause great harm to Chinese consumers.
Not to mention that some consumers may also have the elderly, pregnant women, and children in their homes.
These people with weaker constitutions may have a greater impact on their bodies after being exposed to these toxic chemicals.
However, this time Procter & Gamble recalled the goods, only the United States, Canada and other North American countries have taken action.
Removed related goods from the shelves, but Chinese merchants have been slow to act and have been selling.
Why, then, has China remained unmoved?
You must know that Procter & Gamble's products have always accounted for a considerable part of the market in China!
If consumers inadvertently buy products containing carcinogens to use without a delay in the news, it will cause indelible damage to the human body.
Don't Procter & Gamble and Chinese retailers even have a sense of responsibility?
Procter & Gamble has a crisis of confidence
In the face of public opinion and huge condemnation on the Internet at that time, Procter & Gamble made a new response:
The recalled products are only dry hair spray products in parts of North America and do not involve the Chinese market.
In other words, the goods that enter the Chinese market after being inspected by the Chinese market supervision department are in line with the national safety certification standards, and there is no carcinogen in the product.
Therefore, the majority of Chinese consumers can temporarily relax, but things do not seem to be as simple as we imagined......
After this incident, although Chinese consumers were not harmed, we couldn't help but tighten a string in our hearts:
Will we continue to believe in P&G's brands in the future?
Procter & Gamble's Pantene and other products were detected with carcinogen benzene Response: It does not involve the Chinese market
Now that the times are developing faster and faster, our people have gradually entered a well-off life, and the quality of life has also been improved to a certain extent.
In the case of cost-effective and affordable, most people prefer to use healthy, pollution-free and risk-free toiletries.
After all, daily necessities are something that accompanies our daily life.
If there are unhealthy substances in these products, it is equivalent to chronic suicide every day.
Just as we looked at Procter & Gamble with trepidation, the bad news came again.
In 2024, Procter & Gamble has a similar scandal, and Procter & Gamble recalled nearly 8.2 million bags of laundry detergent from Canada......
Laundry pods may pose a child safety risk Procter & Gamble is urgently recalling a number of products
You can always rest assured that Made in China!
These laundry detergent brands even include Tide, which is often found in the mainland market!
Is it because of carcinogens again this time? Almost, this time it's because of a problem with the outer packaging of the product......
It is said that once children come into contact with the outer packaging of these products, they will have a series of adverse reactions.
In addition, children can also ingest it by mistake at an ignorant age, which further aggravates the potential danger of this chemical.
Even if this packaging comes into contact with the eyes, the burning of the eyeballs can occur!
However, such cases are only "accidents", and there are no real specific cases of direct harm.
Procter & Gamble also quickly recalled all the products produced in this batch, and it was not too late to make amends.
For Chinese consumers are worried, a reporter interviewed some supermarkets in Guangzhou and contacted China's Procter & Gamble customer service.
Through the dialogue with customer service, the reporter learned that China's Procter & Gamble products are produced and sold by China Procter & Gamble.
Therefore, being inspected by the Chinese Market Supervision Bureau does not constitute a system with North America.
In other words, Procter & Gamble China is actually just hanging the name of Procter & Gamble.
Procter & Gamble has invested in a factory in China, and all production and sales are handed over to Chinese partners to operate, and they only receive part of the profits.
Therefore, Chinese consumers can rest assured, we are not a manufacturer with foreign countries, you can always rest assured that made in China!
epilogue
The Procter & Gamble scandal has caused an uproar among consumers, representing the increasing demand for health standards in recent years.
Everyone hopes to use excellent products that are safe and of guaranteed quality, and toxic products like this containing carcinogens should never appear in the Chinese market.
China will also strengthen the supervision of the market, do its best to fill the gap in the law, and strangle such products in the cradle as soon as possible!
Source: "Carcinogen benzene detected! The global daily chemical giant, urgently recalls these products"——Global.com2021-12-19
"Procter & Gamble Urgently Recalls Multiple Products with Child Safety Risks or Laundry Pods" - Xinhuanet 2024-04-10
"Procter & Gamble's Pantene and other products were detected with carcinogen benzene Response: It does not involve the Chinese market" - CCTV 2021-12-19