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FDA Updates Its Microbiological Safety Webpage Amid Recall Flurry

 
• By Ryan Nelson

Gilchrist & Soames’ recall of bath and body products due to microbial contamination marks a five-month trend in FDA’s enforcement reports. On its Microbiological Safety webpage, updated Feb. 12, FDA refers to a public meeting it held on the issue in 2011, where industry representatives warned that a shrinking preservative palette could put consumers at risk.

February marks the fifth consecutive month with an FDA-announced cosmetic recall due to microbial contamination, and the agency has updated its Microbiological Safety and Cosmetics webpage, reminding consumers how to report health problems and highlighting its ongoing work to improve product safety.

Plainsfield, Ind.-based [Gilchrist & Soames], whose spa, bath and body products can be found in hotels and resorts throughout the...

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FTC Consumer Privacy Policy Driven By ‘Straw Man’ Arguments – Commissioner Holyoak

 
• By Eileen Francis

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’s New Commissioner ‘Dismayed’ By Agency Overreach

 
• By Eileen Francis

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. 

Beauty Brands Not On TikTok Shop ‘Really Missing Out’ – KO-Pack

 
• By Eileen Francis

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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• By Ryan Nelson

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Kenvue’s Latest Tylenol Brand Launch Steers Consumers To Dietary Supplement Section

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

The firm doesn’t hold back on linking Muscle & Joint turmeric and tamarind formulation and Muscle & Joint + Stress also containing sceletium extract to the Tylenol brand while also pointing out that neither formulation contains acetaminophen

CIR Panel Tentatively Finds Hair Dye 4-Chloro-2-Aminophenol Unsafe, Despite Lack Of Use

 
• By Lauren Nardella

Six panelists of the Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety voted in favor of issuing a tentative unsafe designation for hair dye 4-chloro-2-aminophenol, though the substance has no reported uses on the US market.

Acquisitions Help Spain’s Uriach Grow Sales By More Than 50%

 
• By Tom Gallen

European consumer health player Uriach records sales approaching €500m in 2024 after completing acquisitions which took the firm into new markets.