These groups are the American Society for Microbiology and the American Cleaning Institute, formerly the Soap and Detergent Association.

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The Soap and Detergent Association originally tried to defeat the Washington bill.

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"There's an ironclad commitment on the part of industry to meet this date, " says Dennis Griesing, the Soap and Detergent Association's vice president for government affairs.

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"I'll be back in Annapolis next year to ask Maryland to change its effective date from January to July, " says Griesing of the Soap and Detergent Association.

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