2018 In Review: US Midterm Mania Stifles Cosmetics Regulatory Reform Momentum

Despite repeated stakeholder assertions of being “closer than ever” to modernizing cosmetics regulations, the 115th Congress ended with reform legislation stranded in committee. The Personal Care Products says midterm elections diverted lawmakers’ attention from unresolved issues, likely including possible preemption terms to put a lid on growing state and local requirements.

HBW Perspectives 2018 to 2019

“Something’s going to happen,” said former FDAer turned industry consultant John Bailey last May regarding legislative efforts to update federal cosmetics regulations.

And that may be true, but it did not happen in

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