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Jun 25, 2010 | 09:56 AM CDT
TRI/Princeton Offers Hair Benchmarking Study to Share Testing Costs
This benchmarking study allows manufacturers to test hair products for conditioning, anti-breakage strengthening, and anti-static flyaway reduction with shared controls and labor to reduce costs by up to 57%. The company is accepting participants until Aug. 15, 2010.
Jun 21, 2010 | 05:02 PM CDT
Whole Foods to Require USDA Certification on Organic Personal Care Products
US retailer Whole Foods will now require personal care products having organic claims to be third-party certified by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) National Organic Program (NOP) standard by June 1, 2011, in order to be sold at its stores.
May 18, 2010 | 03:14 PM CDT
Comparatively Speaking: Cosmetic Labeling in the United States
By: Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr., Siltech LLC
In this excerpt, Tony O'Lenick looks to Perry Romanowski to explain how to list ingredients on a cosmetic product label in the United States, for the benefit of novice formulators.
May 07, 2010 | 05:52 PM CDT
Is Cosmetic Science Really "Bad"? Part V: Who do you think you are fooling?
By: Johann W. Wiechers, PhD, JW Solutions
In previous installments of this series, the author applied Michael Shermer's Baloney Detection Kit, which includes ten questions to ask to validate a science, to cosmetic science. Having previously applied the first eight questions, the author addresses the final two in this installment.
Apr 07, 2010 | 01:57 PM CDT
FDA Cracks Down on Medicinal Claims Regarding Bee By-products
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cracked down on Wisconsin-based Beehive Botanicals Inc. after the company did not comply with requests to remove and change misbranded and unapproved claims from its Web site and labels.
Mar 30, 2010 | 01:07 PM CDT
Certifying Hair Product Claims
By: Peter D. Kaplan, PhD, and Ram Ramaprasad, PhD,…
Claims for hair products generally are not associated with clear cut outcomes. Therefore, consumers have no standard by which to compare product efficacy. In relation, the North American Hair Research Society (NAHRS) has proposed standards for hair product claims, outlined here, which relate to characteristics including frizz, color fastness and curl retention, among others.
Mar 16, 2010 | 05:21 PM CDT
Is Cosmetic Science Really "Bad"? Part IV: How Scientific is Cosmetic Science?
By: Johann W. Wiechers, PhD, JW Solutions
Six questions from Michael Shermer’s Baloney Detection Kit have been discussed in this series. The results were not flattering for cosmetic science (read: cosmetic scientists) but cosmetic science did not score badly on all points. Questions seven and eight, described here, discriminate true science from borderland science and non-science or nonsense.
Mar 12, 2010 | 09:38 AM CST
Naturals: Innovation Helps but Lack of Labeling May Hurt
The natural personal care market is more than a passing fad, according to Nancy Mills in her market report for Kline & Co. Despite the growth, she finds that many manufacturers are formulating with more nature-inspired products than truly natural products.
Mar 03, 2010 | 08:11 AM CST
EU Regulatory Update: CLP Deadlines and Consequences
By: Annelie Struessman, PhD, CONUSBAT
The European Union’s adaptation of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 on the classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures, which entered into force on Jan. 20, 2009.
Feb 26, 2010 | 11:51 AM CST
Translating Data into Claims and Interpreting Regulations: Science vs. Marketing
By: Nava Dayan, PhD, Lipo Chemicals
Substantial evidence, which the FDA requires to support claims for drugs, is applicable to personal care, especially considering the pharmaceutical direction products have taken. The present article considers whether the industry is benefiting from marketing without assuming the responsibility for potential effects. In addition, it considers the limitations of in vitro and in vivo test models.