Nearly three years after objections from Combe Inc. forced the US Food and Drug Administration to stay its final rule to prohibit lead acetate’s use in hair coloring applications, the agency has denied the Grecian Formula marketer a hearing after determining it “did not raise issues of material fact.”
Lead Acetate Ban A Go As US FDA Denies Combe’s Request For Hearing
Lead acetate’s use as a color additive in cosmetic products will no longer be authorized in the US beginning on 6 January 2022, and the agency will exercise enforcement discretion for a year afterward. A 2018 hearing request from hair dye marketer Combe Inc. was denied by the agency on 7 October.
