The US Food and Drug Administration’s vision for restructuring the agency’s human food programs and functions, driven in large part by last year’s infant formula crisis, includes relocating the Office of Cosmetics and Colors.
FDA Announces New Home For Cosmetics Under Proposed Food Program Restructuring
The agency plans to move cosmetics regulation and color certification functions out of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and into the Office of the Chief Scientist. The Personal Care Products Council and Independent Beauty Association provide their initial reactions.
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