He said the lawsuit was a last resort to urge competing soap manufacturers to either make their standards greener, or take the misleading "organic" label off their products.
Lucy Davis, 24, a radio soap actress, is set tomake a full recovery after receiving a kidney from her mother, Hazel, at Birmingham's University Hospital.
The NDRC has warned some companies about the dangers of inflation, pressuring firms that make products including cooking oil, food and soapto steer clear of rapid price rises.