FDA Announces Planned Survey Of Current Cosmetics Manufacturing Practices
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency expects 70% of invited manufacturers to provide voluntary detail on their written procedures and records maintenance, equipment and raw materials management, product testing programs, processes for handling complaints and corrective action pathways, among other elements, via a 30-minute survey. Comments on the planned initiative will be accepted through August.
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