Audio Feature: FDA Monitoring Cosmetic Claims, But Litigation Remains Biggest Threat

Attorney Steven Shapiro, a partner at Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman, LLP, offers perspective on what he considers some of the biggest challenges cosmetics companies face in the current regulatory and legal landscape, specifically when it comes to crafting claims. Story features audio clips from the attorney’s interview with “The Rose Sheet.”

FDA has ramped up its enforcement of cosmetic claims that trespass on drug turf, but the most significant threat to businesses continues to be the potential for class actions that frequently piggyback on enforcement actions and other issues brought to the public’s attention, attorney Steve Shapiro says.

A partner at Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman, LLP, Shapiro has more than 27 years of experience in food and drug...

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