Cosmetics FY 2001 Spending Budget Flatlined At $5.2 Mil. Under FDA Bill
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA's Office of Colors & Cosmetics' approximate $5.2 mil. budget for fiscal 2001 will be supplemented by a $20 mil. allowance for renovations to a Los Angeles research facility that serves as a pivotal testing lab for imported products, including cosmetics.
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ICCVAM bill
Senate passes ICCVAM Authorization Act Dec. 6 "to establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, recommendations and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance" of alternative test methods that "protect human and animal health and the environment." The bill, HR 4281, permanently establishes NIH's Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods to encourage companies and federal agencies "to make the long-term research investments necessary to develop new, revised and alternative toxicology test methods for ICCVAM to review," Sen. Michael DeWine (R-Ohio), who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said during testimony. HR 4281 passed the House Oct. 17 (1"The Rose Sheet" Oct. 23, p. 9)
ICCVAM bill
Senate passes ICCVAM Authorization Act Dec. 6 "to establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, recommendations and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance" of alternative test methods that "protect human and animal health and the environment." The bill, HR 4281, permanently establishes NIH's Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods to encourage companies and federal agencies "to make the long-term research investments necessary to develop new, revised and alternative toxicology test methods for ICCVAM to review," Sen. Michael DeWine (R-Ohio), who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said during testimony. HR 4281 passed the House Oct. 17 (1"The Rose Sheet" Oct. 23, p. 9)
CFSAN program priorities
Center solicits comments on development of fiscal year 2001 program priorities in a Federal Register notice June 23. The format will be similar to the FY 2000 workplan, which divides CFSAN's activities into "A" and "B" lists under five program areas, including cosmetics. About half of CFSAN's budget is devoted to the Food Safety Initiative, with the remainder divided among other areas. Among CFSAN's 2000 "A" list goals are alpha hydroxy acids, diethanolamine and cosmetics enforcement (1"The Rose Sheet" Feb. 14, p. 8). Comments are due Aug. 25