Sporicidin/FTC settlement
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Sporicidin agrees in proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to be "prohibited from making any representation about the effectiveness" of Sporicidin and other disinfectants "unless it possesses competent and reliable scientific evidence to substantiate such representations," according to the FTC. The settlement is subject to approval of the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Maryland. Sporicidin's germicide products were seized in December 1991 in a joint FTC/FDA/EPA action. The company settled with FDA in May 1992 ("The Gray Sheet" May 18, In Brief); settlement with the EPA is still pending.