CTFA comments
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's Voluntary Cosmetic Product Reporting Program provides valuable "Use level information...for cosmetic ingredients and formulas" to the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel for use in developing ingredient review priorities, Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association says in Aug. 12 comments to FDA. Agency announced it was seeking feedback on the program earlier this summer (1"The Rose Sheet" June 13, 2005, In Brief). CTFA adds it will continue to encourage cosmetic companies to file ingredient statements with FDA and work with the agency to make the program "more efficient." Trade group recently urged FDA to strengthen the program in a letter to the Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition regarding FY 2006 program priorities (2"The Rose Sheet" July 25, 2005, p. 5)...