Allowing "significant flexibility" for making OTC sanitizers has led to more than 1,500 additional manufacturers registered with FDA to produce hand sanitizer. But the agency says it "is addressing safety concerns related to products being sold that are not in line with the FDA's policy and others being marketed with unproven claims."
The margin for error has increased along with the number and variety of businesses making alcohol-based sanitizer to meet US consumer demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Functions supporting the US Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Cosmetics and Colors have been impacted by the reduction-in-force.
Two nail care ingredients included in the European Commission’s Omnibus VII, which includes about two dozen ingredients overall, are banned in Europe in September.
Cosmetics Europe is working to obtain derogations for three fragrance and/or cosmetic substances that may be categorized as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, which could result in a ban of their use under the Cosmetic Products Regulation.
