Specialists from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Economy, the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and the Government Office for Coordination on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration are working on a draft resolution gradually reducing the content of phosphates and phosphorus compounds in household and industrial detergents.
According to a press release of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the Cabinet of Ministers is developing a draft resolution on amendments to the technical regulations for detergents together with the above agencies.
“Many manufacturers of detergents in other countries have already abandoned the use of phosphates, which can negatively affect human health and the environment, and switched to safer alternatives. The State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection supports making of this important decision in Ukraine,” Head of the authority Vladyslava Mahaletska said.
The resolution plans to amend the Technical Regulations for Detergents, as well as update the list of national standards for test methods for detergents and amend a number of other documents.
A draft action plan on state supervision and state control of products for compliance of detergents with the requirements of technical regulations will also be submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers for consideration.
