09.27.23
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is throwing its support behind the The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce’s Cleaning Product Ingredient Transparency proposal that would create a national standard for cleaning product ingredient labeling on-pack and online.
The legislative proposal would establish a federal standard for ingredient communication in cleaning products. The move is strongly supported by the ACI, the trade association for the cleaning product supply chain.
Building on this momentum, the ACI said the proposal would “empower consumers as they seek additional information about the cleaning products they buy.”
“This is a pro-consumer proposal that provides clarity on how cleaning product manufacturers inform consumers about the ingredients in their products on-package, online or in-app,” said Douglas Troutman, ACI general counsel and senior vice president, government affairs, in written comments submitted to the subcommittee.
Ingredient Labeling Standard for Cleaning Products ‘Long Overdue’
Troutman noted that the proposed language would both build upon and strengthen California’s “Cleaning Product Right to Know” law, which was enacted in 2017 and currently is the strongest existing mandate for ingredient disclosure and labeling.
“Action to establish an ingredient labeling standard for cleaning products is long overdue to ensure consumer transparency,” said Troutman. “Consumers have a right to know, understand and trust what ingredients are in the cleaning products they use and keep in their homes.”
Cleaning product manufacturers are providing more information than ever before about what’s in their products, through company and brand websites and apps like SmartLabel.
The American Cleaning Institute has online information describing cleaning product ingredient functions, including its Cleaning Chemistry Catalog (C3), which can be accessed here.