CFSAN priorities

FDA requests public comment on the Center for Safety & Applied Nutrition's program priorities for 2000 in an announcement published in the Federal Register Sept. 1. Comments are due Sept. 30. CFSAN's 1999 "A" priority list includes reinstating the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program and completing the safety assessment and review of alpha hydroxy acids and diethanolamine (1"The Rose Sheet" Feb. 1, p. 7). Among goals on the Office of Cosmetics & Colors' priority "B" list in 1999 is issuing a report on adverse reactions (2"The Rose Sheet" Feb. 8, p. 6)