FDA denies sunscreen petition
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA can not stay effective date of any pending decision to exempt "sunscreen face products" from OTC sunscreen monograph or effective date of any labeling requirement, agency informs Playtex Jan. 31. Citizen petition requesting stays of action is denied because "there is no 'decision' or 'effective date'...which can be stayed," FDA says. Banana Boat manufacturer/marketer submitted petition urging uniform labeling for sunscreen products in late 2000 in opposition to cosmetics industry requests that products for face, hands and neck be granted labeling exemptions (1"The Rose Sheet" Jan. 22, 2001, p. 9)...