consumer products

On 9 December 2019 the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, signed into law Senate Bill S4389B An Act to Amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in Relation to Prohibiting Household Cleansing Products, Cosmetic Products and Personal Care Products that Contain 1,4-Dioxane . The ban will be in full effect starting...

The New York legislature passed a bill to ban 1,4-dioxane above trace amounts in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) on 20 June 2019, and California is likely to follow suit based on a preliminary screening assessment of the impact of the substance. If signed by the New York governor, the state’s...

Product safety and e-commerce—the two have not gone hand in hand. Rapidly escalating, high-volume sales and profits secured while the customer experience is wrapped in "getting it all and getting it now" has not been a recipe for safe and compliant products. As a math equation it might look like...

Washington state legislators aim to follow California’s example in restricting the use of priority chemicals in products for children and other consumer products. Passed by the legislature on 25 April 2019, An Act Relating to Preventing Toxic Pollution that Affects Public Health or the Environment , Bill No. 5135, is...

On 27 October 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) finalized a rule to prohibit a content greater than 0.1% of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP), di-n-pentyl phthalate (DPENP), di-n-hexyl phthalate (DHEXP), and dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) in children’s toys and child care articles. The rule will enter into...

Are You Impacted? On 15 October 2017, the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 was signed into law, making California the first state to require ingredient labeling for cleaning products. The Act requires that hazardous chemicals and other ingredient information are identified on product labels and online. Online...