FDA semi-annual agenda
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Oral care products that claim to reduce or prevent dental plaque and gingivitis are expected to be addressed by a notice of proposed rulemaking in May 2007, while timetables for final actions related to skin-bleaching products containing hydroquinone and the prohibition of certain cattle material in human food and cosmetics have yet to be determined, according to FDA's semi-annual agenda, which appeared in the Dec. 11 Federal Register. The agency had targeted December 2006 for a notice of proposed rulemaking on UVA/UVB sunscreens, having postponed the measure previously (1"The Rose Sheet" May 23, 2005, In Brief). An advance notice of proposed rulemaking for combination sunscreen-and-insect-repellant OTC products was also slated for release last month...