Unilever Make Sure Dry Sampo Products Don't Enter Indonesia

JAKARTA - Unilever attracts several dry shampoo products, such as Dove, Nexxus, Suave, TIGI, and TRESemme in Amarika Serikat and Canada.

The reason is because of the potential for benzene substances, chemicals that are suspected to cause cancer.

PT Unilever Indonesia Head of Communication Kristy Nelwan said, Unilever Indonesia is not part of the dry shampoo withdrawal.

"Unilever Indonesia is not part of this dry shampoo withdrawal. We always operate with strict quality and security standards, and always comply with all regulations set by the Indonesian government," he said, quoted from Unilever's official website, Wednesday, October 26.

Kristy said, Unilever US and Canada voluntarily withdrew the specific production lot code from the dry shampooo. However, Kristy emphasized that the product is a dry shampoo produced before October 2021.

"Unilever US and Canada voluntarily withdrew the specific production lot code from the dry shampoo, not the liquid shampoo, produced before October 2021 as a precautionary measure after an internal investigation identified an increase in benzene levels," he said.

Kristy said, the detected levels of benzene did not pose a health risk. This can be ascertained from Unilever's independent evaluation of health impacts.

"The independent evaluation of health impacts concluded that the detected levels of benzene did not pose a health risk," he said.

Kristy also emphasized that Unilever does not use benzene as material and applies high security standards globally that limit the number of benzene traces that can occur due to its natural presence in certain raw materials.

He said, Unilever Indonesia stated that it always complies with the regulations set by the Indonesian government.

This is to ensure that the products in circulation are safe to use.

"Unilever Indonesia continues to actively cooperate with relevant authorities to ensure that products circulating in Indonesia are safe for the community," he said.