FDAImports.com recently achieved another success, this time helping a client obtain removal from FDA Import Alert 53-17. This particular Import Alert, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Cosmetics Due To Microbiological Contamination," affects over 50...
Cue the soundtrack from Jaws. Earlier this month, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued a press release alleging that several nail polish manufacturers failed to declare the presence of potentially dangerous cosmetic ingredients, Toluene,...
The FDA has “a total of about 50 full time equivalents to regulate a very large and growing industry,” said Michael Landa, Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the FDA in a statement made during a Senate hearing on the safety of cosmetics a...
FDA’s quest for an increased budget and resources continues, as evidenced by its recently released FY 2013 Budget request. As FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg noted in her statement before the Committee on Appropriations, FDA believes that it’s bridging the gap...
Below are some of our favorite quotes and exchanges from last week’s Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing, “Examining the Current State of Cosmetics.” If you haven’t read our first blog about it please read that here. What follows below are some of the...
Last week the U. S. House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Current State of Cosmetics,” the first of its kind in decades, featuring panel testimonies and inquiry related to the overall safety of...
Christmas. Easter. Halloween. If it’s a holiday then Americans are spending. A recent Journal of Commerce article, Imports Set to Surge, delivers growing import statistics and projects increased growth for coming months with the implication that retailers are...
The team at FDAImports.com has once again obtained removal of a client from FDA Import Alert. Import Alert #53-06, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Cosmetics Containing Illegal Colors,” instructs FDA to automatically detain all entries of eye make-up and...
Are you a cosmetics manufacturer or importer bringing in product to the United States? The FDA is serious about regulating cosmetics, especially when it comes to color additives (see chart). Make sure you’re not making one of these common mistakes when it comes to...
FDAImports recently assisted a cosmetics company in correcting a labeling issue and subsequently attaining release on their detained product. FDA had detained an entry of their cosmetics because the ingredient list named a color additive based on the Color Index name...
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