Of the 20 allegedly water-resistant, broad-spectrum sunscreens Consumer Reports tested, two provide the full SPF promised after subjects soaked in water, and two fell short of the critical wavelength required by FDA for products marketed as defending against UVB and UVA light. Industry trade groups contend the report is inaccurate and lacks crucial details about how tests were conducted.
Consumer Reports will provide FDA with results from tests it performed on 20 broad-spectrum sunscreen products, while industry trade groups question whether the organization used appropriate methods to ascertain the truthfulness of product claims.
“We found a wide variability of effectiveness against UVA rays” among the products tested, with some failing to meet FDA...
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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Designed to help moisturize the body’s mucous membranes, the Membralife supplement is now available in Sweden. The launch comes with AstaReal now under new management following the appointment of Daniel Flodqvist as CEO.
Gum health awareness among British consumers could be better, a recent Haleon survey finds.
Based on advice from its advisory committees, the UK's Food Standards Agency is encouraging businesses to meet an acceptable daily intake of 10mg CBD per day and a safe upper limit of 0.07mg THC per day.
