Costco Says It's Stepping Up Scrutiny of Chemicals in Products
- ‘Smart Screening’ program tests several categories of goods
- New program follows similar efforts at Wal-Mart, Target, CVS
A Costco Wholesale Co. Store
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Costco Wholesale Corp. will intensify scrutiny of its products for chemicals of “regulatory and social concern.”
The warehouse club retail chain has introduced a screening program to test goods from personal care and cleaning products to clothing, the company announced on its website, without specifying which substances it will monitor. Costco said it already vets for chemicals such as formaldehyde and BPA that are regulated in markets where it operates.