'Could Put Us Out Of Business’: US State Bill Pileup Has Small Beauty Set On Federal Preemption
Executive Summary
The cosmetics industry has an “optics” problem, and that is creating other issues, namely a growing body of state legislation to address perceived gaps in federal regulatory oversight.
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