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The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), along with members of the Cleaning Products Division, strives to keep its members current on new issues and aware of emerging technologies that impact the industry, including the development and standardization of test methods. This fourth edition of the CSPA Cleaning Products Division Test Methods Compendium is the most recent example of providing the most up-to-date compilation of expertise available. Several of the methods were developed years ago and are still applicable.

In 2001, the CSPA Detergents Division renamed itself as the Cleaning Products Division to reflect more accurately the scope and focus of its member companies. Types of products represented by the Division include hard surface cleaners for the bathroom, toilet and kitchen; dishwashing products; glass, carpet, drain and biochemical cleaners; and laundry products, such as detergents, fabric softeners, stain removers and other laundry additives. Please note that CSPA was CSMA and that designation is retained were appropriate.

This fourth edition reflects the types of products available in today's marketplace. In Section I - CSPA Performance Test Methods for Cleaning Products, two new methods were added - a Standard Guide for Evaluating the Filming and Streaking of Glass Cleaners (DCC-09A), which is a companion guide to the Glass Cleaners Test Method (DCC-09), and a Greasy Soil Test Method for Evaluating Spray-and-Wipe Cleaners Used on Hard, Non-Glossy Surfaces (DCC-17).

There were other improvements made to the fourth edition as well. Section III on Testing Laboratories includes approximately nine subcategories that were revised to include the addition of CSPA's 2002 Directory of Toxicology Testing Laboratories. Section V is an updated Bibliography of Detergent Technology with thirty new titles. A new Section VI on CSPA Ingredient White Papers has been added with papers on nitrilotriacetate (NTA), sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)

New scientific issues continue to emerge, and new test methods are being developed even as this edition is going to print. Global harmonization will require a new perspective on the very nature of the next compendium. This is therefore the challenge to every CSPA Cleaning Products Division member to keep your compendium viable and modern and begin shaping its future now.

CSPA makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents of this compendium, except that it represents the best information available to the Cleaning Products Division Scientific Committee, subcommittees, Executive Board and CSPA staff.