Green Seal Certification and FIFRA Registration

Recently, there has been misinformation propagated about the relationship between Green Seal certification of a bathroom disinfectant cleaner and its registration by the Federal Government under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Currently, according to EPA, products regulated under FIFRA, including disinfectants, may not display or be marketed with any third-party environmental or health logo, including the Green Seal Certification Mark, because it connotes a comparative statement about the health or safety of the product.

FIFRA does not prohibit products from being Green Seal-certified, nor can EPA require that companies discontinue their products' certified status. Bathroom cleaner disinfectants that are FIFRA-registered may still be certified by Green Seal, but may not display the certification mark on packaging, advertising or collateral materials. Purchasers may find a list of Green Seal-certified products, including FIFRA-registered cleaning products, on our Web site at http://www.greenseal.org/findaproduct/index.cfm

Achieving Green Seal certification is not the same as being FIFRA-registered. In addition to meeting environmental and health criteria, Green Seal certification means that a product meets cleaning performance and packaging requirements and that the user has been provided with training materials on the proper dilution, use and disposal of the product and the use of personal protective equipment. Green Seal has been in discussions with EPA on potential ways for its certification program to complement FIFRA registration.