Log In
Register
Facebook icon
LinkedIn icon
Instagram icon
Cosmetic Ingredients
Formulas/Products
Research
Regulations
Testing
News
Leaders
Multimedia
Calendar
Home
Search
Search Cosmetics & Toiletries
Article
Company
Document
Event
News
Podcast
Video
Webcast
Cosmetic Ingredients
Formulas/Products
Multimedia
News
Regulations
SPF/Sun
Research
Testing
Enter search phrase
Search
33 Results
Type: News
Section: Regulations > SPF/Sun
SPF/Sun
DSM Seeks FDA Sunscreen Monograph Approval of Bemotrizinol
DSM believes it is important for consumers in the USA to benefit from the efficacy and aesthetics that modern filters such as BEMT can provide. As such, the company is pushing for Monograph status.
SPF/Sun
FDA Reviews Sunscreen Active
The Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has requested safety and efficacy data for the sunscreen active ingredient diethylhexyl butamido triazone in concentrations...
SPF/Sun
FDA Responds to EWG Sunscreen List
The FDA responded to EWG's report on sunscreens that claimed the FDA fails to set meaningful sunscreen standards.
SPF/Sun
FDA Proposes New Sunscreen Rules
The FDA has proposed a new regulation for the formulating, testing and labeling of OTC sunscreens with ultraviolet UVA and UVB protection.
SPF/Sun
FDA Releases a Final Sunscreen Rule
After nearly a four-year wait for an action on sunscreens, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Final Sunscreen Rule, which addresses the testing and labeling of OTC sunscreen products.
SPF/Sun
PCPC Sounds Off on US FDA's Sunscreen Proposals
Industry organizations worry that consumers may be deterred from using sunscreens—causing unintended negative health effects—due to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent sunscreen proposals.
SPF/Sun
Croda Backs Proposed Updates to FDA Sunscreen Regulations
The proposed update would reclassify TiO2 (titanium dioxide) and ZnO (zinc oxide) as GRASE (Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective) category I. Previously, none of the 16 active ingredients currently on the market were considered GRASE.
SPF/Sun
FDA's Sunscreen Guidance Focuses on Safety and Effectiveness Data
The guidance also sheds light on the FDA’s requests for safety and effectiveness data on eight active sunscreen ingredients that are already under evaluation, including the data on human absorption.
SPF/Sun
FDA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Sunscreen Rule
Extension to run through Dec. 26, 2007; agency seeks to balance industry concerns and the interests of public health to ensure that sunscreen products properly inform consumers of the level of protection.
SPF/Sun
FDA Moves to Improve Quality, Safety and Efficacy of Sunscreens
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recent activities that are part of its ongoing implementation of new authorities for certain over-the-counter drugs including sunscreens.
Claims/Labeling
PCPC, CHPA Respond to FDA’s Latest Findings on Sunscreen Absorption
In response to part two of the FDA’s sunscreen ingredient maximal usage trial, published in January 2020 in JAMA, the (PCPC) and (CHPA) released a statement reassuring consumers of product safety.
SPF/Sun
Sunscreen Innovation Act Introduced into Congress to Amend FDA's TEA Program
On Mar. 13, 2014, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Sunscreen Innovation Act (S. 2141 and H.R. 4250, respectively), which has been supported by the Public Access to SunScreen (PASS) Coalition.
SPF/Sun
FDA Publishes Opinion on Two Sunscreen TEAs and Is Urged for More Action by PASS
The end of February was busy for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which published two letters on the Time and Extent Applications (TEAs) for diethylhexyl butamido triazone (Uvasorb HEB) and amiloxate (Neo Heliopan E 1000), finding insufficient scientific evidence to claim either as generally recognized as safe and effective (GRASE) and denying their addition to the OTC Sunscreen Monograph.
SPF/Sun
Lawsuit Filed Against Sunscreen Manufacturers
A consumer lawsuit filed March 30, 2006, accuses sunscreen makers of exposing millions of people to cancer and other dangers.
Regional
Thailand Bans 'Coral-Damaging' Sunscreens
The banned sunscreen lotions are those containing oxybenzone, octinoxate, 4-methylbenzylidene camphor or butylparaben.
SPF/Sun
Sunscreen Saga Continues, Thanks to EWG
The FDA and PCPC came to the industry's defense this week, when the Environmental Working Group called out sunscreen makers for adding anti-inflammatory and antioxidant ingredients to products, to allegedly "mask" signs of sunburn and falsify SPF ratings.
SPF/Sun
Sunscreen Innovation Act Becomes a Law
It's official—the Sunscreen Innovation Act has become a law. On Nov. 29, 2014, President Barack Obama signed the bipartisan Sunscreen Innovation Act into law, paving the way for more sunscreen actives on the U.S. sun care market.
Sun Care
Are Sunscreens Killing the Coral Reefs?
Scientists have reported that sunscreen may be to blame for dying coral reefs.
Page 1 of 2
Next Page