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Jul 16, 2010 | 10:06 AM CDT
The Council Calls for Greater FDA Personal Care Regulation
The Personal Care Products Council has effected an initiative through which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would have a greater role in assessing ingredient safety for personal care products sold in the United States.
Jul 06, 2010 | 10:21 AM CDT
FDA Adds Cosmetic Manufacturers to Import Alert for Drug Claims
The US Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has re-issued an import alert that scrutinizes cosmetic manufacturers importing antiaging products into the United States that make drug claims.
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 27, 2010 | 02:10 PM CDT
From California to Colorado: Three Battles Against Cosmetics
By: David C. Steinberg, Steinberg & Associates
In 2004, State Assemblyperson Judy Chu (D–Monterey Park, CA) fired the first bullets at the cosmetics industry by introducing a bill in California to ban certain ingredients from all cosmetics sold in the state.
May 25, 2010 | 09:17 AM CDT
The Council Responds to EWG Sunscreen Report
John Bailey, chief scientist of the Personal Care Products Council, has released a statement in response to the 2010 Environmental Working Group (EWG) Sunscreen Report.
May 10, 2010 | 12:20 PM CDT
EU Regulation Update: Tackling the Animal Testing Ban
By: Annelie Struessman, PhD, CONUSBAT
The European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients (EFfCI) has developed an approach for its members to address animal testing bans imposed by the 7th Amendment to the EU Cosmetics Directive.
Apr 09, 2010 | 11:11 AM CDT
NaTrue Offers Raw Material Certification to Aid Formulators
As of March 2010, raw material suppliers can certify their products under the NaTrue label in the same way as finished product manufacturers.
Apr 09, 2010 | 10:41 AM CDT
FDA and SDA Address Triclosan Concern
The FDA updated its Web site on Apr. 8, 2010, with its most recent information on triclosan. According to the FDA, triclosan provides a benefit to a number of personal care products, and it does not have sufficient safety evidence to recommend changing consumer use of products that contain triclosan. However, the FDA also did not have evidence that triclosan provided any additional benefit when added to antibacterial soaps and body washes.
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 | 12:15 PM CDT
The FDA's 'Wish List': A Unified Agenda
By: David Steinberg, Steinberg & Associates
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and Executive Order 12866 require the publication of a semiannual inventory of the rulemaking under development, and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publishes this wish list for the FDA. The latest came out on Dec. 7, 2009.