It is common sense that we should have a comprehensive federal law for household products that standardizes what ingredient information is shared with consumers and how.
Conflicting state requirements won’t work. If one state requires the listing of a certain ingredient in a cleaning product, but the neighboring state does not, which label should the consumer trust?
This is why on any road in the U.S., a stop sign is always a red octagon. Can you imagine if New York suddenly decided to use purple triangles as the designated symbol for stop?
That’s why in 2017, household product manufacturers worked with NGOs and labor unions to pass the California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act, which gives consumers the information they deserve to know about the products they use to clean their homes.
Passing a federal law won’t be easy, but, fortunately, the California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act has been endorsed by the industry and other stakeholders as the model for a national solution.
However, certain states, including New York, are hampering the progress we’ve made by proposing their own requirements.
The goal of ingredient transparency is to provide consumers with clear and consistent information. To do this effectively, it’s important that states – beginning in New York – adopt California’s model, setting a precedent for other states and, hopefully, the federal government to follow.
It is common sense that we should have a comprehensive federal law for household products that standardizes what ingredient information is shared with consumers and how.
Conflicting state requirements won’t work. If one state requires the listing of a certain ingredient in a cleaning product, but the neighboring state does not, which label should the consumer trust?
This is why on any road in the U.S., a stop sign is always a red octagon. Can you imagine if New York suddenly decided to use purple triangles as the designated symbol for stop?
That’s why in 2017, household product manufacturers worked with NGOs and labor unions to pass the California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act, which gives consumers the information they deserve to know about the products they use to clean their homes.
Passing a federal law won’t be easy, but, fortunately, the California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act has been endorsed by the industry and other stakeholders as the model for a national solution.
However, certain states, including New York, are hampering the progress we’ve made by proposing their own requirements.
The goal of ingredient transparency is to provide consumers with clear and consistent information. To do this effectively, it’s important that states – beginning in New York – adopt California’s model, setting a precedent for other states and, hopefully, the federal government to follow.