Changes in Product Labeling: What Consumers Can Expect

Changes in Product Labeling: What Consumers Can Expect

SDA members include the formulators of soaps, detergents, and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; companies that supply ingredients and finished packaging for these products; and oleochemical producers.

Copyright PR Newswire Association LLC Sep 16, 2009

- SDA Unveils New Fact Sheet on Cleaning Product Ingredients

- Briefs Consumers on Forthcoming Ingredient Communication Initiative

- Industry Provides More Information Than Ever Before on Product Ingredients

- Fact Sheet Available at www.cleaning101.com/cleaning

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA - www.cleaning101.com) has unveiled a new online fact sheet that briefs consumers on an industry initiative that will provide more information than ever before on cleaning products and their ingredients.

The Consumer Product Ingredient Communication Initiative will take effect in January 2010. It is a voluntary program announced in 2008 by SDA and other industry associations representing cleaning and other consumer products.

The fact sheet summarizes the new initiative, which creates a uniform system for providing ingredient information to consumers in a meaningful and easy-to-understand way.

SDA unveiled its new fact sheet at the Annual Session of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences in Birmingham, Alabama.

"Consumers now have at their fingertips an easy-to-reference fact sheet on how ingredient information will be displayed," said Nancy Bock, SDA Vice President of Education. "The cleaning products industry is committed to providing consumers with information prior to and after purchase to ensure safe and proper use."

The SDA Product Fact Sheet provides details on the new industry initiative, information on reading product labels correctly, what changes consumers can expect on product labeling and communications, and important reminders about using and disposing of products safely.

The Fact Sheet can be downloaded at www.cleaning101.com/cleaning.

The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA - www.cleaning101.com), the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry(R), represents the $30 billion U.S. cleaning products market. SDA members include the formulators of soaps, detergents, and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; companies that supply ingredients and finished packaging for these products; and oleochemical producers. SDA and its members are dedicated to improving health and the quality of life through sustainable cleaning products and practices.

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