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Each type of enzyme is attracted to a certain type of stain, like insects to flowers. You can check out the section on enzymes, ingredients that play a powerful role in removing stains and allow us to wash clothes in cold water. They work like the enzymes in our digestive system that help break down the food we eat. What’s really cool is that each type of enzyme is attracted to a certain type of stain, like insects to flowers.
The American Cleaning Institute expressed disappointment at the recent consumer guidance issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging consumers to “skip” using antibacterial soap. ACI and a group of member company manufacturers of antibacterial soaps and ingredients continue to comply with stringent safety and efficacy requirements set by FDA in the 2016 final rule for consumer antiseptic hand washes, through a multi-year, multi-million-dollar research effort,…
Table 9. Antibacterial MIC ranges for all isolates tested for susceptibility to TCC and TCS User Group TCC (ppm) TCS (ppm) CNS Non-users 0.0117-0.750 0.120-2.020 TCC-users 0.0234-0.750 0.004-2.020 TCS-users 0.0117-0.750 0.008-2.020 SA Non-users 0.0469-0.1875 0.510-2.020 TCC-users 0.0029-0.1875 0.120-1.010 TCS-users 0.0469-0.1875 1.010-2.020 Investigation of Antibiotic and Antibacterial Resistance in Staphylococcus from the Skin of Users…
Whether you work in food preparation or elsewhere, it’s important for everyone to practice proper hand hygiene at work. It keeps you, your colleagues and any clients or customers safer by reducing the spread of germs. It also helps keep the workplace more productive with fewer sick days needed. Do you know all the times you should be washing your hands at the office? Here’s a list: Each time you use the restroom Before and after staff meetings if food is served After scanning newspapers…
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…
March 30, 2020 To: State, County & City Health Officials The food, beverage, personal care and household product manufactures and related warehouse, distribution and retail partners are working hard to maintain a reasonable supply of trusted products for all consumers who want and need them during the COVID-19 national emergency. Demand for indispensable, life sustaining products, has increased exponentially as governments act to limit human-to-human exposure and…
American Cleaning Institute Unveils New Video Highlighting Common Sense Hygiene, Cleaning Practices to Combat Coronavirus Americans Say They’re Using Soaps, Sanitizers, Wipes More Since Coronavirus Spread A new poll conducted on behalf of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) finds that despite widespread adoption of increased cleaning and disinfecting practices in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, just over half (58%) of…
  Gov. Cuomo Urged to Work for Collaborative, Pragmatic Solution The CEOs of associations representing the household and commercial cleaning product supply chain are urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to prevent the serious consequences of legislation that could effectively take many products off store shelves across the state of New York. The legislation in question (S. 4389B/A. 6295A) is aimed at banning a manufacturing byproduct to help improve water quality in Long…
TRAC '~.' ; .. - ~4 \...~ -"-",,,..­ ACUTE TOXICITY OF ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATE TO HYALELLA. AZTECA IN SEDIMENT: EFFECf OF MANIPUlATION OF SEDIMENT ORGA..'lIC CONTENT WITH HUMIC ACID Toxicity Test Report Submitted to: Dr. Richard Sedlack The Soap and Detergent Association 475 Park Ave. South New York, ~ry 10016 Report Number B-393 TRAC Laboratories, Inc. October 1, 1993 113 Cedar St. P.O. Bos 215 Denton, TX 76201 TRAG LABORATORIES, ING. 2787 GULF BREEZE…
Survey Finds Nearly a Third of Americans Have Seen Unsafe Storage on Social Media Join the Conversation on Social Media with #StoreNotDecor This September, as part of Baby Safety Month, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and Safe Kids Worldwide are raising awareness of popular, but dangerous and unsafe cleaning product storage trends seen on social media. With home organization trends on the rise, one trend in particular, displaying laundry detergents…