ICMAD Attorney: ‘Bad’ Cosmetics Bill Won’t Get Through Senate, But Next Session Is Less Certain

12 May 2019

According to Locke Lord attorney Sharon Blinkoff, general counsel at ICMAD, Senate Health Committee Chair Lamar Alexander is inclined to block cosmetics reform legislation that lacks express industry support. She noted, however, that the Republican senator for Tennessee is retiring at the end of this term.

United States Capitol Building in Washington DC USA

The Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors is confident for now that cosmetics reform legislation will not advance in the Senate without broad industry backing, but visibility beyond 2020 is limited, the organization says.

Leading off ICMAD’s FDA Regulatory Workshop May 9 in New York, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel Sharon Blinkoff restated the...