Product Classification Matters I always chuckle when I read the title of FDA guidance, "Is it a Cosmetic, a drug, or both? (Or is it a Soap?)". However, the correct classification of a product is no laughing matter—it is essential to ensuring compliance with the [...]
At FDA Compliance Simplified, we focus on Food and Drug Administration regulations that cover a wide variety of products used in and on the bodies of humans and animals. However, no product is regulated by only one governing authority. At the federal level, all products [...]
At FDA Compliance Simplified we enjoy working with companies of all sizes. Some of our clients are brand owners but not manufacturers. They team with contract manufacturers to produce shelf-ready products. This can sometimes make it hard to get the information we need to ensure [...]
November 8, 2023, FDA announced that the enforcement date for cosmetic facility registration and product listing will be delayed until July 1, 2024. The announcement stated that this was "to provide regulated industry additional time to comply with these requirements." However, the guidance document itself [...]
FDA Compliance Simplified is privileged to help companies of all sizes and from all over the globe achieve compliance with FDA regulations. Many are referred to us by existing customers, some find us online, and other come to us through quality service providers that help [...]
As noted in a previous post, there are a number of new regulations that cosmetic companies must comply with by December 29, 2023 as part of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA). The regulations that are effective at the end of 2023 [...]
Major Cosmetic Regulation Update March 27, 2023 - FDA Has Stopped Accepting Submissions to the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program FDA issued an update today stating that they are no longer accepting voluntary cosmetic establishment registration and that information in the VCRP will not be transferred [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires registration of manufacturing warehousing facilities for most product categories under the agency’s jurisdiction. This is true for food, dietary supplement, pet food, animal feed, drug, medical device, and biologic facilities. The only exception is the cosmetic sector; registration [...]