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EPA Proposes Updates to Strengthen the Safer Choice Standard
WASHINGTON (Nov. 13, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) announced proposed updates to the Safer Choice Standard, which
identifies the requirements that products and their ingredients must meet to
earn EPA’s Safer Choice label or Design for the Environment (DfE) logo. The
Agency is requesting public comments on the proposed updates by Jan. 16, 2024,
and will hold a webinar on Dec. 19, 2023, to provide information on proposed
updates to the Standard. 
The Safer Choice program helps consumers and purchasers for facilities, such
as schools and office buildings, find cleaners, detergents, and other products
made with chemical ingredients that are safer for human health and the
environment. Similarly, the DfE program helps people find disinfectants that
meet high standards for human health and the environment. 
“The Safer Choice program continues to encourage safer and greener chemistry
in the marketplace to safeguard human health and protect the environment,”
said EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Pollution Prevention Jennie Romer. “These proposed updates
to the Safer Choice Standard will increase transparency, safety, and
sustainability in consumer and commercial products.”  
EPA’s proposed updates to the Standard include: 
• New certification for cleaning service providers that use Safer Choice-
and DfE-certified products to help protect workers that use cleaning products
all day as well as the people who live or work in the spaces they clean. 
• Strengthening sustainable packaging requirements in response to consumer
demand and innovations in packaging materials and technologies.
• Expanded criteria specific to pet care products to ensure such products
use only the safest possible ingredients for both humans and pets.
• Clarifying language on EPA’s process for entering product classes and
exiting those that pose unexpected risks despite safer chemistry.
• Clarifying language regarding the use of data from New Approach
Methodologies during Safer Choice chemical review.
• New, optional energy efficiency or use reduction criteria to encourage
companies to reduce water use and carbon-based energy consumption.
• Updated criteria for wipe products to help reduce damage to wastewater
treatment systems.
• Potential creation of a new alternate logo, similar to the Fragrance-Free
logo, to distinguish products used outdoors that meet additional EPA criteria
for environmental safety. 
EPA periodically updates the Standard to keep current with the state of
scientific and technological innovation; increase transparency and reduce
redundancy; and expand the scope of the program as appropriate. This will be
EPA’s fourth update of the Standard since its inception in 2009, and the
first since 2015. 
On Dec. 19, 2023, 2-3 p.m. ET, EPA will hold a webinar to provide further
information on the proposed updates to the Standard. The webinar may be of
interest to stakeholders interested in commenting on the updates, including
manufacturers and distributors, retailers, community groups and
representatives from states, Tribal Nations, non-profit organizations, trade
associations, and others. Register here for the webinar. 
Upon publication of the Federal Register notice, comments should be submitted
to docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0520 on Regulations.gov by Jan. 16, 2024.
EPA will use the written comments to guide updates to the Standard.
Safer Choice
Safer Choice encourages chemistry that meets EPA’s stringent criteria for
human health and the environment and provides opportunities for companies to
differentiate their products in the marketplace with the Safer Choice label.
With thousands of certified products, the Safer Choice label is a reliable way
for people to find products whose chemical ingredients have met EPA’s
criteria for being safer without sacrificing performance. Visit the Safer
Choice program website for more information.
Design for the Environment 
Similar to the Safer Choice label, EPA’s DfE logo helps people identify
antimicrobial products like disinfectants that meet the health and safety
standards of the normal pesticide registration process required by the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act as well as meeting the DfE
certification criteria (as described in the Safer Choice Standard). When a
person sees EPA’s DfE logo on a product, they can feel confident that the
product performs and meets stringent EPA criteria for human health and the
environment. Visit the Design for the Environment website for more
information.
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