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FDA Cosmetics Director Katz Retires After 22 Years; Manga To Lead OCAC On Acting Basis

 
• By Lauren Nardella

Linda Katz presided over a two-decade-long effort to boost FDA’s authority over cosmetic product safety during her time as director of the Office of Cosmetics and Colors. She will retire in January.

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Linda Katz, director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Cosmetics and Colors, will retire 11 January, following 22 years leading the agency’s cosmetics regulatory efforts.

Katz has shepherded OCAC through a period of increased scrutiny of cosmetic product safety and overseen a massive transition as the department shifted from a reliance on industry self-regulation and...

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