Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

AHPA releases guidance for tea and infusion products on regulatory and liability implications as a result of increasing Prop 65 lawsuits; CHPA files citizen petition urging FDA to act on a CBD pathway; PEW pushes for stronger supplement oversight; and more.

FDA's latest recalls records update includes Basic Reset CBD supplements and another 4,300 units of Tween Brands cosmetics containing colors made from banned dye. Recalls resulting from testing of ranitidine drugs reported by Dr. Reddy's.

Warning links retailers to multiple manufacturers inspected after FDASIA in 2012 pointed FDA toward inspecting all ex-US firms supplying products available in US but that had yet to be inspected for compliance. Manufacturers also were placed on import alerts to prevent their products, including cosmetics as well as drugs, from reaching US.

FDA's latest recalls records update includes Basic Reset CBD supplements and another 4,300 units of Tween Brands cosmetics containing colors made from banned dye. Recalls resulting from testing of ranitidine drugs reported by Dr. Reddy's.

Canadian extraction specialist Neptune, which has transitioned from marine-based oils for the nutrition market to focus on cannabis opportunities, says its budding Forest Remedies line could expand to more than 100 hemp-derived cosmetic, dietary supplement and home-care products under a recently announced collaboration with International Flavors & Fragrances.

On the bright side in North America, the Revlon brand has reclaimed its lead in the US mass lip segment, and both Revlon and Almay are off to strong starts in the fourth quarter, company leadership says. The firm continues to build the international and digital sides of its business in search of sustainable growth outside of Elizabeth Arden.

Reportedly, the Council of the European Union is considering member state objections and requests to extend the current scrutiny period beyond 4 December for a Commission delegated regulation that would classify titanium dioxide as a Category 2 carcinogen by inhalation. The move threatens to impact the marketing of sunscreens and other cosmetics in the EU that contain respirable TiO2 particles.

Additional recent recalls include 19,000 bottles of product marketed by Fitoterapia USA and labeled as liquid vitamin C but found to contain erectile dysfunction drug taldalafil .Ongoing testing of ranitidine drugs by FDA and manufacturers led to Aurobindo Pharma USA recall of one lot of OTC 150-mg tablets.

Former Senate Appropriations Committee staffer expects FDA's FY 2020 budget will not be finalized until early next year and that it will be close to the sum in the appropriations bill passed by the Senate.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

AHPA releases guidance for tea and infusion products on regulatory and liability implications as a result of increasing Prop 65 lawsuits; CHPA files citizen petition urging FDA to act on a CBD pathway; PEW pushes for stronger supplement oversight; and more.

FDA's latest recalls records update includes Basic Reset CBD supplements and another 4,300 units of Tween Brands cosmetics containing colors made from banned dye. Recalls resulting from testing of ranitidine drugs reported by Dr. Reddy's.

Canadian extraction specialist Neptune, which has transitioned from marine-based oils for the nutrition market to focus on cannabis opportunities, says its budding Forest Remedies line could expand to more than 100 hemp-derived cosmetic, dietary supplement and home-care products under a recently announced collaboration with International Flavors & Fragrances.

Nonprofit advocacy group says one third of echinacea and turmeric supplements it tested contained ingredients in amounts lower than labeled or elevated levels of lead or bacteria. Industry groups say CR used "arbitrary" standards based on preconceived, critical view of US supplement regulation.