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Senate HELP Draft For Cosmetics Reform Does Not Go Far Enough – NGOs

 
• By Lauren Nardella

A coalition of businesses and advocacy groups including Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Black Women for Wellness, and Women’s Voices for the Earth believes the Senate HELP Committee’s discussion draft for modernizing US cosmetics regulation should do more to protect communities of color and professional salon workers, and preemption language should be nixed altogether.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and other NGOs are calling for revisions to a US Senate proposal for modernizing cosmetics regulation in the US, urging lawmakers to focus on strengthening safety standards and modifying preemption provisions.

The US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released discussion draft legislation to reauthorize drug and medical device user fee programs on 17 May, and included in the proposal the “Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022” to overhaul the US Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of the cosmetics industry

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