International testing laboratory Eurofins Scientific will conduct third round of product testing to ensure compliance with formulation standards in International Fragrance Association's Code of Practice, according to May 5 release. With 8,000 employees across 150 sites in 29 countries, Eurofins offers "an unparalleled range of testing and support services to the pharmaceutical, food, environmental and consumer products industries, as well as governments," IFRA says. Eurofins picked up testing early this year where the Institute Battelle Laboratories left off when they closed their Swiss-based test lab, the trade group notes. The fragrance industry has earned perfect marks for the last two years, with "not one single banned ingredient [discovered] above the reliable threshold of detection (0.01%)" (1"The Rose Sheet" June 2, 2008, p. 6). Again this year a combination of 50 fragrance, cosmetic and household products, selected randomly from 10 IFRA member countries, will be analyzed
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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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Guest authors Rachel Raphael, partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP and associates at the firm, Elizabeth Bresnahan and Kathryn Ignash, advise beauty companies on how to navigate the legal risks associated with consumers ‘off-label’ beauty hacks.
Danone moves into dietary supplements space with deal for The Akkermansia Company marketing patented biotic strain in US, Europe and Asia.
Modifications to forms FDA 3500, for voluntary reporting by healthcare professionals, and 3500A, for mandatory reporting by manufacturers, marketers or facilities, include limiting changing gender question to sex and asking for only male or female answer.
