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Flushable Wet Wipes

FTC approves final consent order with manufacturer.

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By: Christine Esposito

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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order with Nice-Pak Products, Inc., requiring it to stop advertising moist toilet tissue and cloth as flushable or safe for sewer or septic systems unless it can substantiate those claims. The FTC  complaint was filed in May 2015. This final order settling the complaint prohibits the company from misrepresenting that any wipe is safe to flush, unless it can substantiate that the wipe will disperse in a ...

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