Juice Beauty does not formulate its products with parabens, formaldehyde, quaternium 15, DMDM hydantoin or diazolidinyl urea – but perhaps it should.
Gemdo Warning Letter Speaks Volumes About FDA Concerns, Industry Challenges
There is much for cosmetic stakeholders to take away from FDA’s April 16 warning letter to Gemdo Cosmetics Inc., which highlights some key enforcement priorities at the agency and topline issues currently facing the industry as a whole.
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The BBB National Programs, Inc. announces Phyllis Hurwitz Marcus, who served the FTC for nearly two decades, will take the reins of the National Advertising Division, replacing Laura Brett.