ICMAD Responds To Senate Proposal: Cosmetics Should Not Be Regulated Like Foods
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Small business advocate says the Senate Health Committee’s discussion draft – the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act – would impose burdens on industry on par with requirements for foods. But while food products continue to pose significant risks, “no such record exists for the cosmetics industry,” the trade group asserts.
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