NY Ingredient Disclosure Proposal Is Unnecessary, Says ACI

ACI says that an existing industry initiative has led to innovative ways to expand ingredient information to consumers.

Requirements laid out by the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would duplicate and in some cases contradict federal labeling requirements for household and industrial and institutionalcleaning products, according to ACI. The Institute questions why the State wants to invest scarce taxpayer dollars in implementing a program that industry is already putting into place.

ACI and other industry representatives met with DEC staff in February to share details about the industry’s proactive efforts to provide ingredient information to consumers through the voluntary Consumer Product Ingredient Communication Initiative <http://www.cleaninginstitute.org/ingredientcentral> and other industry programs. ACI emphasized that the intent of the 1976 law is being addressed by these voluntary programs, and that the current proposal from DEC is unworkable and would not provide consumers with useful information.

According to ACI, the industry’s Consumer Product Ingredient Communication Initiative correlates highly with the DEC program intent and effectively fulfills the criteria noted.ACI insists that the voluntary nature of the Initiative allows the program to evolve and improve significantly in response to consumer needs.

The Institute said that the Initiative provides for more disclosure than required under any law for any industry.

Consumers can learn more details about the industry’s ingredient communications efforts via ACI’s Ingredient Central at www.cleaninginstitute.org/IngredientCentral <http://www.cleaninginstitute.org/IngredientCentral> .