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Fabric softeners and enhancers are popular for a reason; they help keep your clothes looking and feeling their best.
What Is It and Why Use It?Fabric softeners (also called fabric conditioners) are a popular type of fabric enhancer, used in laundry to make fabrics feel softer and fluffier, reduce static and wrinkles, and often also add a pleasant scent. They protect fabric, preventing fading, pilling, fuzzing, and…
What is Norovirus?According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. It is easily spread through direct contact with an infected person, consuming contaminated food or water, or touching contaminated surfaces and the virus can survive on those surfaces for days or weeks. Norovirus outbreaks are common and can affect people of all ages. Public health experts closely monitor norovirus infections,…
ACI Member Recognized at 2025 Annual Meeting & Industry ConventionEcolab Inc., a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, is the recipient of the American Cleaning Institute’s (ACI) 2025 Sustainability Spotlight Award. Ecolab’s ReadyDose™ tablet-based cleaning program drastically reduces plastic and cardboard waste, saves energy and water, reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and supports worker safety.This effort, along with Ecolab’s robust…
8 in 10 Americans will be participating in the yearly cleaning reset. View the survey results here.Check out the American Cleaning Institute’s Spring Cleaning ResourcesCleaning in spring will be in full swing as 80 percent of Americans plan to engage in the annual deep clean routine in 2025, according to a new survey released by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI).Among those spring cleaners, nearly half (45%) say they anticipate they’ll clean or organize more than usual this…
New risk analysis helps manufacturers increase consumer safety for microbial-based cleaning productsArticle Published in Risk AnalysisThe American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and A.I.S.E. (International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products) published “Risk Analysis Approaches for Microbial Ingredients in Microbial-Based Cleaning Products” in the journal Risk Analysis. This guidance is a step towards developing a standardized framework for risk assessment,…
At Congressional Hearing, ACI Highlights Research Efforts to Meet FDA Requirements on Antibacterial Soap Safety EfficacyAlso Urges Agency to Improve Communications, Response Efforts with Manufacturers Providing Research UpdatesThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should consider options that would protect manufacturers who invest in research to help meet the agency’s data requests from ‘free-riders’ who benefit from the results of that work without paying a dime.That was the message delivered…
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) will be working with the leading global executive recruitment firm Korn Ferry to find the association’s next President and Chief Executive Officer.ACI is the trade association for the $60 billion cleaning product supply chain, representing manufacturers and formulators of soaps, detergents, and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; companies that supply ingredients and finished…
Popular Products Kill Germs That Can Make Us SickA bill introduced in the California Assembly would ban the sale of antibacterial soap products and would have negative impact on consumers’ health, according to the American Cleaning Institute (ACI).Legislation dubbed “The Safer Soap Act” makes spurious claims against the key antiseptic ingredients used in consumer antibacterial soaps that are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).ACI is the trade association for…
In letters sent to President-Elect Donald Trump and all members of the 119th Congress, 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 and the manufacturing sector at large.The letters highlight the following 2025 Policy Priorities:New Chemicals: ACI recommends the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) abide by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) statute and…
In State of the Association Address, ACI Board Chair Eric Reynolds Calls on Cleaning Product Supply Chain to Help “Shape the Future Together”ACI Focused on Clearing Up Regulatory Roadblocks to Chemical Innovation, Promoting Policymaking Focused on Sound ScienceSays Industry is “Serving People, Improving Lives” as ACI Readies for 100th AnniversaryThe American Cleaning Institute (ACI) is well-equipped to confront marketplace challenges that lie ahead for the cleaning product supply chain,…