US FTC: ‘Wet wipe manufacturer agrees to substantiate “flushability” advertising claims under settlement’; Costco, CVS and Target among private labels supplied by Nice-Pak




WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2015-

Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Nice-Pak Products, Inc., a manufacturer of wet wipes, has agreed to stop advertising moist toilet tissue as flushable unless it can substantiate that the product is safe to flush. Similarly, Nice-Pak agreed to not claim that its moist toilet tissue is safe for sewer and septic tanks unless it has substantiation for those claims.

In addition, Nice-Pak will stop providing trade customers, such as retailers, with information to make such unsubstantiated claims. Costco, CVS, Target, and BJ's Wholesale Club were Nice-Pak customers that sold the formulation of the company's moist toilet tissue that was the subject of the complaint under their own private labels.


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