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ICMAD: Small Business Looks To Pull Off Preemption Balancing Act

 
• By Lauren Nardella

National uniformity in cosmetics regulation remains a top legislative priority for the Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors. At the same time, the small business trade association acknowledges that compromise will likely be needed to balance state rights with the streamlined certainty that a strong national standard would provide for industry.

The Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors expects negotiations around preemption – the trade group’s leading priority for cosmetics reform legislation – to be a delicate business.

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