Last year at the Independent Beauty Association’s annual FDA Cosmetics Regulations Workshop, Linda Katz, director of the US FDA’s Office of Cosmetics and Colors, responded to questions about the agency’s stance on CBD with a question of her own.
US FDA’s Stance On CBD In Cosmetics Hasn’t Changed, And Neither Have Marketing Challenges
The FDA continues working to close cannabidiol data gaps while maintaining that CBD-containing cosmetics cannot be adulterated, misbranded or marketed as affecting body structure/function or treating or preventing disease, including skin ailments. Cosmetics office head Linda Katz revisited the issue during the Independent Beauty Association’s annual FDA Cosmetics Regulations Workshop.

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