Industry Pushes For OTC Exemption In California’s Green Regs
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Personal Care Products Council and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association call for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control to specifically exclude OTC drugs from its Safer Consumer Products regulation, part of the state’s Green Chemistry Initiative. Including OTC drugs in the regulation would duplicate oversight and “run counter to the mandates of [FDA],” the groups argue.
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