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FDA’s Candid Overview Of Cosmetics Regime Signals Support For Reform Bill

 
• By Lauren Nardella and Ryan Nelson

In a letter to California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, FDA’s Acting Associate Commissioner for Legislation Dayle Cristinzio acknowledges the agency’s limited insight into cosmetic formulations and safety information, which makes it a struggle to respond to issues as they arise. Feinstein characterizes the letter as an admission of current system failings and a nod of support for her Personal Care Products Safety Act.

FDA has delineated the scope of its regulatory authority over cosmetics and suggested the need for reform measures in communications to stakeholders, but rarely so directly as in a recent letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sponsor of the proposed Personal Care Products Safety Act.

According to Feinstein and co-sponsor Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, FDA was consulted extensively as the PCPSA, S. 1014, was being...

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