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Cosmetics Legislation Misses 2016 Window, But Is Real Industry Opportunity Now?

 
• By Ryan Nelson

The offices of cosmetic bill sponsors in the last Congress say the Personal Care Products Safety Act and the considerably more industry-friendly Cosmetics Modernization Amendments proposal will both be reintroduced this year. The latter’s relaunch may be imminent, and the stage could be set for it – or at least some of its pro-business provisions – to earn a more serious look in the new Congress.

The 114th Congress ended with cosmetics legislation stalled in committee despite bipartisan support, broad-based stakeholder backing and other auspicious factors that made 2016 feel like a rare opportunity.

President Obama had already signed into law the Microbead-Free Waters Act, banning the heaviest plastic microbeads use in cosmetics, the Drug Quality and Security Act, which strengthened FDA’s oversight over compounded drugs, and the Frank R

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