Dave
Woolsafe has withdrawn accreditation for Ultimate Master, Traffic Lane Cleaner and Master Stain Remover.
After speaking to Woolsafe, I can confirm that the information you were given about ongoing fees for approved products is correct. But only to a point. When a product is originally tested, it is quite involved and costly to test. But although the manufacturers are fully aware of the parameters, there is still a relatively high failure rate, so the products are taken back and re-formulated or approval is abandoned. However, on an annual basis, Woolsafe will take in a batch of product and carry out less intensive tests to make sure that the product has remained within the parameters as it's quite easy to have variations in the raw products etc. They charge a fee for this, but to quote Woolsafe it is "less than half the original fee". There seems to be more and more Woolsafe approved products becoming available, so the system must be viable and cost effective for most manufacturers. There are now offices in Australia and USA so the word is spreading.
Safe and happy cleaning:)
Ken