FDA Proposes $19 Mil. In Cosmetics User Fees To Support Enhanced Oversight

With almost $19 million in user fees proposed for cosmetics manufacturers in FDA’s budget request, the agency intends to overhaul regulation of the personal-care industry.

FDA would institute user fees for cosmetics companies for the first time and establish a mandatory cosmetic registration program under a proposal in the Obama Administration’s fiscal-year 2013 budget request.

The proposal would dramatically alter regulation of the cosmetics industry and calls for $18.7 million to be derived from user...

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