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Q. I love my dog, but don’t always love the smell that seems to take over my home. How can I ensure that it’s just my dog that greets guests at the door, and not an odor?
A. The dog days of summer, don't mean that your house has to smell like a dog - or a cat for that matter. You can take these steps to help minimize any smells:
Wash your pet food and water dishes daily
Protect the furniture with a towel or washable blanket or throw
Use a fabric refresher on…
ACI Announces the "Home Safety: When Safety Comes First, You Last" Program, the 2016 Recipient of the Clean and Healthy Families & Communities Award
Award Recipients
Congratulations to team lead, Rachel Hubbard, and team members, Sylvia Davis, Mitzi Parker, Suzanne Williams, Roxie Price, Kayla Craft and Andrea Scarrow, all educators from Georgia with Southwest District FACS Agents, who…
ACI Supports Student Service Project to Assist Families in Need
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) partnered with the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) to support a new national community service project that donated 2,000 laundry detergent packets to families in need.
At AAFCS’ recent national conference, family and consumer sciences professionals donated laundry detergent packets for Clean for a Cause, an AAFCS…
I've been hoarding disinfectants for the last year. Should I worry about them expiring?The shelf life of disinfectants is approximately 1 year. The one year of effectiveness typically begins with the manufacture date. The expiration date is there because over time the active ingredient (the chemical doing the advertised action) may degrade. After the expiration date the product may no longer be doing the work you expect it to, so make sure to use the product prior to the expiration date.…
During National Safety Month, ACI Urges Parents to Store Liquid Laundry Packets in Their Original Packaging, Developed to Help Deter Accidental Poisonings
During the pandemic, with many Americans wanting to beautify the homes they were spending so much time in, laundry room makeovers became a more popular trend – and there are no signs of it letting up. As National Safety Month gets underway, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is reminding everyone not to forget the common…
In a letter to President Joe Biden, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) outlined several policy priorities to “help ensure and enhance the availability of critical products and chemistries for the American people.”
ACI’s goal “remains to ensure delivery of finished cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting products critical to combating the novel coronavirus to market and increasing the supply of ingredients to accomplish this…
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…
The late Dr. David Macinga, who served as Vice President of Product Development and Regulatory Affairs, GOJO Industries, until his passing in June 2023, is the 2024 recipient of the ACI Elva Walker Spillane Distinguished Service Award.
This posthumous honor is for Dave’s many years of outstanding service to the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and the cleaning products industry. Dave was actively engaged at ACI in a range of areas, especially…
The 2016 ACI Convention & 90th Anniversary Celebration at Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida is your opportunity for high-level business interaction and networking with some of the most influential companies in the world.
The American Cleaning Institute kicked off 2016 with its 90th Anniversary Celebration at the Annual Convention. The Convention attracted over 930 attendees from 177 organizations and 30 different countries to network and make connections with…