Policy & Regulation
Preliminary registration data released by FDA offers a first glimpse of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act’s impact on information the agency has at hand.
Counterfeit beauty products cost the US industry an estimated $3bn in 2023, says a trade expert during the Personal Care Products Council’s Beauty Collective Summit.
Cosmetic companies should conduct audits to identify products that will be required to disclose fragrance allergens and begin the work of adjusting labels, particularly for smaller packaging, says a director at Registrar Corp., during a 12 March webinar on MoCRA and labeling.
Cosmetics companies brace for the impact of Trump administration tariffs as industry experts seeing an opportunity for an exemption urge stakeholders to reach out to lawmakers. The issue was discussed during PCPC’s recent Beauty Collective Summit.
The European Commission is issuing a call for data on the Cosmetic Products Regulation, the first step in a process to evaluate and potentially revise the regulation.
While there are many unknowns with how incoming Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will approach cosmetics regulation, his priorities for drugs and processed foods raises concerns for the cosmetics industry.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will remove all non-mineral sunscreens from its Beauty Without Bunnies database in response to a statement FDA made publicly about the continued need for animal testing for sunscreens.
FTC under Chairman Andrew Ferguson is likely to be defined by less rules and guidance and a focus on enforcing laws already on the books, says BBB National Programs’ Exec VP, Policy, Mary Engle.
The Trump Administration Department of Government Efficiency’s staff cuts within FDA will “most certainly” impact the Office of Cosmetics and Colors and delay the implementation of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act, says EAS Consulting Group’s John Bailey.
SC Johnson & Son, Inc.’s Babyganics brand issues voluntary recall of Totally Tropical scented mineral sunscreen rollerball and continuous spray formulas after testing was found ‘unacceptable,” though the brand says there is no risk to health or safety.
Regulatory limbo has plagued a dozen sunscreen active ingredients that the US FDA characterizes as lacking data to maintain GRASE status, but stakeholders are pushing for changes to the OTC monograph user fee program that could require acceptance of non-animal safety tests.
The Washington Department of Ecology releases its formal draft rule under the Toxic Free Cosmetics Act listing 28 intentionally added formaldehyde releasers, with plans to adopt the rule this summer.
The Personal Care Products Council and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association submit comments to California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control on its consideration to add propyl- and butylparaben used in leave-on skin products to its list of Priority Products under the state’s Safer Consumer Products regulation.
With Trump administration tariffs effective possibly within days, US cosmetic and personal care companies are concerned about the impact of both cost and supply for ‘turnkey’ products, packaging components and ingredients from Asia, in particular China.
Givaudan CEO Giles Andrier told analysts during the Swiss firm’s 2024 sales presentation that strong sales in Q4 were not impacted by a pre-buying of products and ingredients late in the year, as experienced by other companies, in anticipation of potential new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
Attorneys from ArentFox Schiff discuss the FDA's proposed rule dictating methods that must be used to test for asbestos in cosmetic products containing talc.
Single-use packaging producers obligated under Oregon’s Extended Producer Responsibility law who still haven’t registered with program facilitators will struggle at this point to meet the fast-approaching material-reporting deadline, but should nonetheless jump into the process, says EPR consultant Michael Washburn.
Beauty industry insiders from trade associations and attorneys specializing in marketing law and/or cosmetics manufacturing look forward to a more business-friendly FTC in the US in 2025, while they expect industry to face an increasing number of challenges at the state level. Meanwhile, the EU beauty market is hopeful it will see reduced regulations this year.
Former FDA commissioners Mark McClellan and Scott Gottlieb, former acting commissioner Janet Woodcock and current commissioner Robert Califf offered advice on successfully implementing reforms and preventing a mass exodus of FDA employees as inklings emerge that the Trump team is already engaged on this front.
Linda Katz, director of the Office of Cosmetics and Colors at the US Food and Drug Administration, is credited with leading efforts toward modernization of cosmetics regulations as she retires after 22 years at the helm.