FDA gives sunscreen manufacturers an eleventh-hour extension to comply with new labeling and effectiveness testing requirements. The agency has pushed the deadline back six months for sunscreen products to undergo broad-spectrum testing and amend label claims to reflect test results. Firms now must comply with the rule by Dec. 17, 2012 for all products with annual sales of $25,000 and up, and by Dec. 17, 2013 for other products, according to a notice in the May 11 Federal Register. FDA’s decision to extend the deadline is based on information submitted in joint comments from the Personal Care Products Council and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, which warned the agency that a “shortage” of sunscreen products could occur in summer 2012 if manufacturers were not given an additional six months to bring their products into compliance with the new requirements. The groups cited the limited capacity of testing facilities and argued that complex label redesigns, such as on glass or plastic containers, would take longer than the one year the agency originally granted Also see "Industry Needs More Time To Comply With Sunscreen Testing, Labeling Rule" - HBW Insight, 29 August, 2011..
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