MoCRA Consultancy To Exempt Small Businesses: Tackle Product Listing While Stakes Are Low

Small businesses not required to register products with the FDA under new cosmetics regulations should consider doing so anyway in order to stay ahead of evolving requirements and complete work while ‘stakes are lower,’ said cosmetics software and consulting firm Good Face Project in a recent MoCRA webinar.

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Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) stakeholders should spend some time with the US Food and Drug Administration’s product listing portal, even if they are not currently required to, to stay ahead of regulations as they evolve in coming years, says The Good Face Project, Inc.

In particular, small businesses that do not need to list products and ingredients with the agency because their sales are...

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