The Environmental Working Group's updated review of nearly 1,000 sunscreen products further demonstrates the need for updated FDA safety standards as "another summer [is] passing with consumers buying products that could be completely inadequate for sun protection," the organization says
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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The Independent Beauty Association announces CEO Don Frey will retire July 1 and will be replaced as interim CEO by Akemi Ooka, VP of global supply chain and sustainability resources.
Norway's Navamedic will move into the addiction treatment market with the acquisition of DNE Pharma, adding to its portfolio an OTC opioid overdose reversal spray.
The firm doesn’t hold back on linking Muscle & Joint turmeric and tamarind formulation and Muscle & Joint + Stress also containing sceletium extract to the Tylenol brand while also pointing out that neither formulation contains acetaminophen
