Aussie Regulator ID’s Underpreserved Cosmetics As Adverse-Event Contributor

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission says that 30% of all consumer product injury reports it received in the past year were associated with cosmetics, which it partially attributes to inadequate product preservation. In addition to promoting good manufacturing practices, the ACCC will be surveying cosmetic product labeling on a continuing basis.

Cosmetic adverse events comprised 30% of all consumer-product injury reports to Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission in the past year, and one official points to inadequate cosmetic product preservation as a culprit.

In an Oct. 22 speech at Australasian cosmetic trade association Accord’s Cosmetic and Personal Care Conference in Sydney, ACCC Deputy...

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