FDA May Put Hold On Lead Acetate Hair-Dye Rule; Manufacturer Combe Demands Hearing
Executive Summary
Grecian Formula marketer Combe likens the process and calculations that informed FDA’s final rule against lead acetate to “a child’s game of telephone.” Environmental Defense Fund warns that if FDA grants Combe’s request – which the NGO suspects is unavoidable – it intends to cross-examine the company’s witnesses about consumer complaints and their handling in the firm’s past.
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