# 2025-06196: Gov't Ditches Mandatory Blind-Made Laundry Detergent

2025-06196, Procurement List; Proposed Deletions, is a Federal Register notice from Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published 2025-04-11, effective Comments must be received on or before: May 11, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06196
- As of: 2026-10-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-06196
- Title: Procurement List; Proposed Deletions
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
- Citation: 90 FR 15456
- Published: 2025-04-11
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before: May 11, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-08

## In one line

Gov't Ditches Mandatory Blind-Made Laundry Detergent

## Summary

The government plans to remove several products and services from a special list that supports nonprofits hiring people who are blind or severely disabled. This means these items, like laundry detergent and ice melt, might be bought elsewhere starting soon. If you have thoughts, speak up by May 11, 2025, before the changes take effect!

## Abstract

The Committee is proposing to delete product(s) and service(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal deletions may end guaranteed purchases: cost, low. The Committee is proposing to remove many specific products (for example: Detergent, Laundry Biobased with Bleach; Ice Melt/De‑Icer; Chin Strap; and dozens of retail items listed by MR number) and services (for example: janitorial/grounds maintenance at the VA Regional Office in Montgomery, AL; gro…

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## Sources
- [2025-06196 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/11/2025-06196/procurement-list-proposed-deletions)
- [2025-06196 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-11/pdf/2025-06196.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-06196 (as of 2026-10-08).