Zep Commercial spot removers or cleaning fluids
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 31, 2019. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jan 31, 2019the latest report was made
- Jan 31, 2019the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Zep Commercial
- Maker
- Zep, IncMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Spot removers or cleaning fluidsCPSC’s product type: Spot Removers or Cleaning Fluids (code 977), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Household Chemicals, Paint, & Cleaning Products
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2019 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Hurt, no treatment Made Jan 31, 2019, sent to the company Feb 14, 2019, published by CPSC Mar 4, 2019
The product, in the report: Zep Mold & Mildew Stain Remover, blue container, approximately 1 gallon
On 9/2/18, my fiance and I purchased two 1-gallon containers of Zep brand “Mold Stain & Mildew Stain Remover” from a local store. These containers were placed in the trunk of the car for transit home. Once at home and parked in the driveway, we began to smell a very strong bleach smell and noticed that from the back right corner of the car, a clearish liquid was steadily dripping to the ground and forming a foamy puddle. When we opened the trunk, we discovered that one of the bottles had fallen on its side and the cap was lying a few inches away from the bottle. Half or more of the contents had spilled from the bottle.
Despite trying to soak up as much of the product as we could, the car maintained a noxious bleach smell for over a week--it was impossible to drive it due to the fumes (which irritated our nasal passages, throats, and eyes), unless the windows were rolled down (in 80-90 degree weather).
The most disturbing part of all this is that when we tested the white cap on the other bottle, WHICH WAS LABELED AS BEING “CHILD-PROOF,” we found out that the cap was not at all child-proof and could be easily unscrewed (or easily popped off, as it did in the back of our trunk). In addition, when we turned over the second container (which did not fall over in the trunk) to look for serial/model numbers days later, liquid steadily leaked out from the cap. So the major issue here is the fact that this product is being sold with supposedly-child-proof caps that are NOT AT ALL child-proof. We pointed this out to the manager at the store where we bought it (when we took the bottle that spilled back for a replacement), and he said he would pass it along to the company so that they could address it. However, I have reason to believe they have not addressed it, and that is why I am filing this report.
- Model
- ZUMILDEW128 (Mold & Mildew Stain Remover)
- UPC
- 021709009538
- Serial number
- (blurred out from the liquid spilled)
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Bought
- Sep 2, 2018
- Where
- Shreveport, Louisiana: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 32, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Zep Commercial, made or sold by Zep, Inc
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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