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 [...]
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 [...]
Importing consumer products such as foods, pet foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and over the counter drugs is very complicated. Not only must FDA regulations be met, so must those of Customs and Border Protection. This post focuses on Customs side of the issue and links to a post that focuses on the related FDA regulations.
Successful launch of a product requires more than a good marketing plan. It is also important to know whether your product is subject to special regulations from various government agencies. While the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission and even the Environmental Protection Agency [...]
In 2012 FDA issued warning letters to Avon and Lancôme citing wrinkle reduction, regeneration and anti-aging claims. Over the past twelve months FDA has issued many warning letters to smaller cosmetic companies for making similar drug effect claims. The letters issued between August 2015 and [...]
FDA recently updated the web page, “Information for Cosmetic Importers.” This document uses a question and answer format and the update offers some clarification on the use of INCI (International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient) names for cosmetic ingredients: Is INCI nomenclature acceptable for identifying botanical ingredients? [...]
As posted here previously, FDA has committed to greater inspection of imported products; particularly imported food and dietary supplements (supplements are regulated as a special class of foods). We frequently work with companies that wish to import products into the US and have developed the [...]