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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.

FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements. 

At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”

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Dove personal care brand recorded sales growth of 10% in the first half of 2024 as the brand benefits from a "premiumization" effort that includes new packaging, marketing and new product categories, says Unilever PLC CEO Hein Schumacher.

A United Nations treaty on plastics could emerge this year; in any event, the personal care industry should not delay efforts to reduce use of plastic in packaging, says Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, speaking during the 4 September Barclays Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference.

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In this episode of Over the Counter, HBW Insight catches up with Haleon vice president and general manager Great Britain and Ireland, Bas Vorsteveld, to find out about why having a purpose is so important to establishing and growing a global consumer health brand.

Agency says study “intended as a strategic response to understand and characterize emergent risk/safety and perceived benefits reportedly linked to kratom and psychedelics.” Objectives include understanding temporal relationships and correlation of purchase decisions and how marketing strategies nudge purchase and affect use demand.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to settle with 43 state attorneys general over products that previously contained talc, planning to pay $700m in four payments through 2027. The settlement is not an admission of guilt, and J&J stands by the safety of the products in question, which it no longer markets with talc.

In this episode, HBW chats with John Hite of leading producer responsibility organization Circular Action Alliance, which is administering extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs under new laws entering into force in three states next year. With a 1 July deadline to register with CAA, Hite discusses steps companies should take now, how his organization will assist producers and estimates for collecting fees.

Marketers of other drugs available under FDA OTC monograph should note dismissal of complaint against Kenvue didn’t resolve the judge’s questions about whether federal preemption precludes challenges to safety and labeling.

Proposed budget agreement by House and Senate leaders comes four days before funding ends under the latest continuing resolution to keep the federal government open and a week before the White House plans to release its FY2025 budget request.

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Deion Sanders invests in RedCon1, helps with product design; Mayweather needs investors in fitness projects; ‘Excellent Adventure’ and limited flavor in G Fuel box; and GAT Sport collaborates with Jeremy Buendia.

The largest shareholder in major Japanese pharma firm Taisho, the founding Uehara family, intends to smooth the way to the restructuring and expansion of the business by acquiring and delisting all of its stock. The nearly $5bn size of the deal would makes it the biggest management buyout in Japanese corporate history.

The FDA’s proposed regulation for talc testing slated for release 29 December will eliminate uncertainty among scientific experts on what is the best method for identifying asbestos but will also give plaintiffs a stationary target for identifying when stakeholders are not in compliance.

In this episode of Over The Counter, HBW Insight speaks to Iva Teixeira, CEO of Good Face Project Inc., an innovation software and consultancy company that helps cosmetic companies launch compliant and competitive products in a shorter timeframe while also serving as a partner in the MoCRA registration process. Teixeira discusses some of the biggest (and unexpected) hurdles in registration, both for companies that choose to partner with firms like Good Face, and those who tackle the process alone.

As authors of JAMA study say theirs and others' research might influence regulatory policy on e-cigarettes’ use in smoking cessation, FDA publishes latest batch of warnings to businesses selling the products without pre-market approval required from the agency.

AHPA, CHPA and UNPA say “current statutory definitions already apply to hemp and its extracts and naturally occurring constituents” and “there is no need for a new regulatory pathway to include these ingredients in dietary supplements.” CRN and USHR also assert FDA currently has regulatory tools to allow hemp ingredients’ use in food and supplements.