ACI Has $10M Plan For Supporting Antibac Ingredients, If FDA Hasn’t Already Closed The Door
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The American Cleaning Institute is working to provide FDA with requested data to support three antibacterial agents that remain potentially viable for OTC use in consumer hand soaps following a September final rule that determined triclosan and 18 other such ingredients non-GRASE. However, FDA’s recent messaging around the issue – including that antibacterial soaps “may do more harm than good” – isn’t helping, it says.
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