[2] The Liquid-Plumr products have a child-resistant closure that prevents leaking and potential harm.
However, in 2016 Clorox issued a voluntary recall on products sold before March 21, 2016 due to failures with the child-resistant closure affecting about 5.4 million units with no injuries reported.
[3][4] Three months after Procter & Gamble acquired Clorox in 1957, the Federal Trade Commission sued under the Clayton Act.
After a decade of legal battles, the United States Supreme Court ordered P&G to divest itself of Clorox.
Clorox became an independent company again on January 2, 1969 and in April 1969, Clorox pooled all its available cash and credit to buy Liquid-Plumr drain opener.