Our last step never ends. Once a product is on shelves, we keep up with new information on each ingredient, collaborating on new products safety methods with regulatory agencies and scientists outside of P&G to make sure we’re up to date.
Most importantly, we listen to you—making sure the products we design meet your expectations for safety and performance.
*applies to Always FlexFoam
Only the products and the materials that meet our multi-step science-based safety standards can go to market. Globally, we have more than 200 in-house experts who are devoted to environmental safety, human safety and regulatory compliance for all our products and ingredients. Our products are considered medical devices in the U.S. and, therefore, are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Our pads are used safely by millions of women, every day. Your safety is at the center of everything we do and so our products are rigorously tested, with dozens of extensive quality tests carried out on our products during manufacture before use.
Over 200 scientists with broad scientific backgrounds within the Global Product Stewardship Organization are dedicated to ensuring our products are safe and in compliance with global regulations. We collaborate externally to ensure our safety assessment, interpretation and our testing methodologies are up to date. This includes our work with scientists from academia, industry and third-party credentialing organizations*. Our collaborative work and active participation in scientific research with publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, contributes to advance the science of toxicology.
