Tzumi Innovations LLC, the manufacturer of Wipe Out antibacterial wipes, deceived low-income consumers into thinking its wipes were safe to use on surfaces in their homes when it did not have regulatory approval for the pesticides in the products, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiff Kari Proskin filed the class action lawsuit against Tzumi Innovations July 12 in a New York federal court, alleging violations of state and federal consumer laws. 

The lawsuit refers to the Tzumi Innovations products Wipe Out! Wipes, Wipe Out! Multi-Surface Wipes and Wipe Out! Multi-Surface Decontaminant Spray.

According to the lawsuit, the company “predatorially” marketed the products to low-income consumers in the height of the pandemic and “deceptively advertised them” as safe and effective antibacterial products.

During the COVID-19 crisis, Tzumi Innovations intentionally deceived consumers into thinking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found the products to be safe and effective, though it had never submitted them to the EPA for registration. 

“Without submitting the Products for registration, a mandatory process that allows the EPA to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Products, Defendant sold pesticide products without regulatory approval,” the Wipe Out class action states. “Even worse, Defendant expressly stated that it intended the Wipe Out! Wipes to be sold to ‘lower income level customers.’”

Tzumi Innovations also made numerous false and misleading claims and omissions on the labels that made people believe they were safe and effective for use as an antimicrobial agent on surfaces in homes, the Wipe Out class action states. 

“Those claims were made without receiving EPA approval and render the Products illegal,” the lawsuit states.

Beginning in at least August 2020, Tzumi sold and distributed millions of units of Wipe Out wipes to retailers for further sales to customers, Proskin says.

She’s suing on behalf of anyone who bought the wipes in the United States plus a subclass of people who bought the wipes in California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Washington and a Massachusetts subclass.

Proskin is suing for violations of state consumer protection laws, breach of warranty, fraudulent concealment and unjust enrichment and seeking certification of the class action, restitution, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.

This is not the first time antibacterial wipes have been at the center of a class action since the beginning of the pandemic.

Last year, Walmart in San Luis Obispo County, California, has agreed to pay $9,000 to settle claims of price gouging on disinfecting wipes during the pandemic.

Edgewell Personal Care is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it misleads and deceives consumers by falsely marketing and labeling that its Wet Ones Antibacterial Hand Wipe product “Kills 99.99% of Germs.” 

What do you think of the allegations in the Wipe Out class action lawsuit? Let us know in the comments! 

The plaintiff is represented by Russell Busch of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC.

The Wipe Out antibacterial wipes class action lawsuit is Kari Proskin v. Tzumi Innovations LLC, Case No. 1:22-cv-05919, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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please add me. thank you.

Add me I used this product

Please add me, I purchased multiple packages.

Add me also. I purchased many packs of Wipe Out Antibacterial Wipes, and I’m from MA. Tysm

Add me too please thanks

add me i still have a new pack left

I’ve used this product for several years. Add me

Add me please. They did what a lot of companies did during the Corona Virus. They took advantage of a lot of people.

add, things crazy during ‘Rona, don’t take advantage of people

Awful what companies can get away with

Please add me, its just not far what these companies get away with, well not all the way thank goodness.

Sure did put me too sleep Please add me

What put you to sleep?

I brought a case of these wipes still have some left, I knew something was wrong with them. Please add my name

Add me. been using for years

I purchased so some of these during the covid 19 crisis Please add me

Please add Ruby L Brown Thomas to claim

Pleasem add me on the list

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I bought this product and when I opened it there was mold inside!! And I have pictures to prove it! I guess the that .1% of germs it doesn’t kill is mold?!?

I bought this product please add me

Add me to the list

Add me, I purchased these in Washington

Please add me. Thankfully, I didn’t get sick after using these wipes. This is disgraceful.

So these was just wet wipes? ADD ME

So … these did nothing to prevent the spread of bacteria, and possibly contributed to the spread and contamination of the Covid when it was advertised as a preventive method?? Yeah … add me to the list

No wonder they didn’t work worth a crap!! I got stuck buying these because it was all I could find and I wasn’t impressed at the quality at all!!!! Any and everything went right through them like one ply TP. Hopefully this is one of the few that take a picture for proof because I still have a few unopened. And the kids don’t stay on them so they dry out easily. These were a fail for sure.

Yes, I would like to be added to the claim.

I have quite a few containers of wet ones antibacterial wipes. Just gave my great grandson 4 to take back home with him.

Walmart and other stores very pushy selling chemical based wipes staying safe approved increasing prices repeatedly. Customers told to Buy them come prepared wherever you are and go. Will not be provided, you are expected to Protect yourself and others just like mask mandates. Coerced Forced Chased around Stores by Store personnel, even attacked and injured in Wal-Mart and Safeway in Show Low AZ like je I was a Criminal for not complying. No Choice Told what I had to do.

Add me I’ve bought so.many of these

Add me I brought a lot of those wipes

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The manufacturer of Wipe Out! antibacterial wipes deceived low-income consumers into thinking its wipes were safe to use on surfaces in their homes when it did not have regulatory approval for the pesticides in the products, a new class action lawsuit alleges.... Read More

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