PCPSA Recast Offers Small-Biz Concessions, Gains New Industry Support

The recast of the Personal Care Products Safety Act includes new exemptions and revised fee expectations for the smallest cosmetics businesses, winning support from their trade groups. But the Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors, whose members range in size up to Mary Kay, still finds the bill's proposed regulatory framework too burdensome to get behind.

The latest draft of the Personal Care Products Safety Act shows that lawmakers are heeding concerns raised by the smallest cosmetics businesses, but the bill still lacks the broad industry support that may be needed to move it forward.

Introduced May 11 by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, the new draft PCPSA closely resembles its predecessor...

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