Rep. Pallone Galvanized By FDA's 'Troubling Overview' Of Cosmetic Imports

04 Aug 2017

• By Jamie Hammon

FDA physically inspected less than 1% of the 2.9m cosmetic imports that reached the US in fiscal 2016, according to a letter from the agency released by Congressman Frank Pallone. The ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee says he's aiming for a hearing in September on his bipartisan proposal to increase FDA's authority over the cosmetics sector.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., is banging the drum for cosmetics oversight reform after receiving a "troubling overview" from FDA of the cosmetic imports situation in the US.

In a June 30 letter to Pallone, FDA said its inspectors physically examined just 9,871 of the 2.9m...