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American Cleaning Institute Asks Agency to Remedy Issues Involving Bulk Containers and Refilling
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clarify policies on labeling and refilling practices involving hand sanitizers.
In a letter sent to the agency, ACI expressed concerns related to the “new, increasingly widespread practice of providing hand sanitizers to consumers in public settings...that are often…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be on the brink of banning safe and effective products, essentially eliminating consumer choice for millions of Americans.
Every day, antibacterial soaps are used in homes, offices, schools, child care centers and many other commercial settings. Yet a recent announcement by FDA cast an unrealistically dark picture of this category of products that have been on the shelves for decades.
Specifically, FDA issued a final rule governing particular active…
What is soap and how does it work?
The sudsy stuff we use every day of our lives is a mystery to most of us. But behind our cleaning products is an array of scientific data and information. This science and chemistry helps to ensure our products work and are safe for you and your family to use. The resources below will walk through what it means to be clean and how the cleaning process works. For more information and activities, we encourage…
Our Future Is Clean is ACI’s campaign highlighting the cleaning products industry’s efforts toward a clean, sustainable world and to promote consumers’ health and well-being. ACI is proud to lead an industry movement involving the biggest companies in the cleaning product sector. Working collectively, our 160-plus members are harnessing our combined influence to seek ways to address the sustainability challenges facing the world today. If…
Clean the World Foundation distributes recycled soaps, hygiene products, provides much needed resources to communities in need
ACI, Shell Chemical raise $23,000
The 2021 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Virtual Summit Duck Fashion Show raised $23,000 to support Clean the World Foundation’s efforts to provide hygiene products to families in need.
As the Virtual Summit’s charity of choice, Clean the World is a leader in global health, recycling discarded hygiene products and…
CEO Melissa Hockstad: Meetings, Outreach with EPA, FDA, CPSC, CDC Highlight Busy First Half of 2021
Also Highlighted in “State of the Association” Address: Laying the Groundwork for Support of a Federal Ingredient Communication Policy
Throughout 2021, the American Cleaning Institute has focused significantly on enhancing “critical” regulatory connections with new federal agency leadership to ensure ACI is out in front on priority policy issues impacting the cleaning…
Handwashing Habit Will Be the Habit They’ll Keep Up with in the Months Ahead, American Cleaning Institute Survey Finds
Ahead of Cold and Flu Season, ACI Reminds Americans to Remain Vigilant and Maintain Healthy Habits with Proper Hand Hygiene
Global Handwashing Day Oct. 15
Handwashing outranks other pandemic-related countermeasures – such as wearing masks and social distancing – that Americans indicate they’ll continue in the next months, an American Cleaning…
As Agency Reviews Quats, ACI Reminds DTSC of Federal Regulation of Topical Antiseptic IngredientsSays DTSC Approach “Needs to be Better Informed” The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) should adopt a risk-based approach to potential regulation of important disinfectant chemicals and pay heed to existing federal regulations governing them, according to comments submitted by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), the trade association for the…