Cleaning Products Regulation in Three World Markets

Abstract

The cleansers technological sophistication accompanied scientific, technological and market developments to meet the criteria for cleaning the environments. In addition to specific safety criteria for users, such products need to be safe for the environment, which requires appropriate regulations for society effective protection. This work aimed to identify the strengths and improvement points of the Brazilian regulatory procedures regarding household cleaning products compared to those applied in the US and Europe, based on the regulations imposed on such products and the administrative organization of the responsible agencies in each location. It was raised the Brazilian legislation referring to cleaning products and producers and their regulatory agency. It was searched the regulations for items similar to cleansers, which are pesticides and hazardous substances for the US and chemical substances for Europe. The collected information was analyzed through the comparative law method. The Brazilian regulatory procedures have the same technical and scientific rigor and regulatory practices to the USA and the European Union, in aspects such as the regulations curating and the issuing operation authorizations for companies. The lack of translation of the standards and an environment labeling program are improvement points.