H-E-B and Beaumont partnership's dispute over disinfecting wipes gets messier
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The Environmental Protection Agency instructed H-E-B to remove BioErase antimicrobial surface wipes from store shelves within 30 days, the grocer says in an amended lawsuit this month. It’s the latest twist in a dispute with the wipes’ Beaumont distributor.Patrick Danner /Staff
Disinfecting wipes sold by H-E-B are creating quite the mess.
Already mired in litigation over BioErase antimicrobial surface wipes distributed by a Beaumont partnership, H-E-B disclosed the Environmental Protection Agency instructed the grocery chain to remove the wipes from store shelves within 30 days.
The EPA requires cleaning products that make pesticidal or disinfection claims on their labeling, such as controlling bacteria or viruses, must be registered with the federal agency.