In an Oct. 18 letter to FDA, Democratic New York Senator Chuck Schumer calls for an FDA crackdown on lead-containing face paint and novelty cosmetics, citing 'Made in China' products as particularly concerning. He points to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' 2009 "Pretty Scary" study, which found 10 out of 10 tested face paints were contaminated with lead, and suggests that impurities should be identified on labeling.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. – who's been an active proponent of reforming chemical regulations in the US, as well as FDA's sunscreen oversight program – is making foreign-made Halloween face paint and other novelty cosmetics a priority now, and asking FDA to do the same.
In an Oct. 18 letter to FDA Acting Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, Schumer urges FDA to investigate novelty cosmetics and faint...
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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Market growth and product innovations are continuing as FDA looks to Congress for authorization to establish regulatory pathway agency says it needs to determine whether to allow hemp-derived ingredients in food, dietary supplements and non-drug topicals including cosmetics.
Four co-chairs of the House of Representatives’ Skin Cancer Caucus have introduced the Safe Sunscreen Standards Act to direct FDA to establish clearer, ‘more flexible’ standards for evaluating sunscreen ingredients.
Consumer health player PharmaSGP will be taken private by its biggest shareholder, FUTRUE.
