The US Food and Drug Administration adds environmental impact questions to its consideration of whether oxybenzone and octinoxate will remain available as OTC sunscreen monograph ingredients.
Including Oxybenzone, Octinoxate On US Sunscreen Monograph Could Swing On Environmental Impact
FDA will prepare an environmental impact statement on sunscreen ingredients oxybenzone and octinoxate in light of questions on the ingredients’ impact on coral and coral reefs. It plans to complete the review prior to publishing final order for its OTC sunscreen ingredients monograph.
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Beauty industry insiders from trade associations and attorneys specializing in marketing law and/or cosmetics manufacturing look forward to a more business-friendly FTC in the US in 2025, while they expect industry to face an increasing number of challenges at the state level. Meanwhile, the EU beauty market is hopeful it will see reduced regulations this year.
Linda Katz, director of the Office of Cosmetics and Colors at the US Food and Drug Administration, is credited with leading efforts toward modernization of cosmetics regulations as she retires after 22 years at the helm.
FDA publishes the first proposed rule under the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act – a testing method for detecting asbestos in talc-containing cosmetics.
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The Washington State Department of Ecology publishes ‘Interim Policy on Lead in Cosmetics’ which provides safe harbor options for cosmetic products struggling with the 1ppm limit under the state’s Toxic Free Cosmetics Act, while the department gathers information under a newly opened rulemaking to ‘identify a feasible approach to regulating lead in cosmetic products.’
Many small US and independent beauty brands are still unfamiliar with the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act, as are owners of beauty brands based outside the US; the lack of education about the regulation is making many stakeholders at risk for non-compliance.