Cosmetics Industry Should ‘Double Down’ On Self-Regulation While Awaiting Reform Legislation

14 Jun 2021

• By Lauren Nardella

Covington & Burling attorney Peter Barton Hutt brings historical perspective to the matter of cosmetics reform legislation in US Congress, which stalled out in 2020 after COVID hit the states. He advises companies to continue working to meet and exceed existing regulatory requirements "so that people can’t say that voluntary self-regulation doesn’t work."

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The cosmetics industry may have a wait to endure for federal reform legislation – and possible state law preemption – after COVID disrupted legislative momentum in early 2020.

Speaking at the Personal Care Products Council’s 2021 Virtual Summit, Peter Barton Hutt, senior counsel at Covington & Burling and...