FDA Proposes Rule to Require Standardized Testing Methods for …
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule to establish and require standardized testing methods to detect and identify asbestos in talc-containing cosmetic ...
FDA Proposes Mandatory Asbestos Testing for Talc-Containing …
1 day ago · "For many years the FDA has been sampling and testing talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos as well as working with our federal partners on efforts to reduce consumers’ risk of exposure to asbestos, a known human carcinogen, from contaminated talc-containing cosmetic products," Katz said in a news release. 1 "We have carefully considered the ...
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Testing Methods for Asbestos
Dec 26, 2024 · In addition, the proposed rule states if asbestos is present in a cosmetic product, or in talc used in a cosmetic product, that cosmetic product would be deemed adulterated under 601(a) of the FD ...
Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc ...
4 days ago · If finalized, the proposed rule would require testing of talc-containing cosmetic products using standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos that may be present as a ...
FDA proposes new testing rules to ensure ... - Associated Press News
Dec 26, 2024 · But recent FDA-sponsored testing hasn’t uncovered any safety issues. Since 2021, laboratory analysis of more than 150 cosmetic samples has come back negative for asbestos, according to the FDA. Still, concerns about the risk prompted Congress to pass a 2023 law requiring the FDA to release new industry standards for asbestos testing.
FDA Proposes Rule to Require Standardized Testing Methods for …
SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule to establish and require standardized testing methods to detect and...
FDA proposes new tests to detect asbestos in cosmetics and other ...
Dec 27, 2024 · The FDA's proposed rule would require manufacturers test samples of talc-containing cosmetic products for asbestos with methods including polarized light and transmission electron microscopy ...
FDA Issues Proposed Rule Requiring Testing of Talc-Containing …
Dec 26, 2024 · The United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced today a proposed rule entitled “Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc-Containing Cosmetic Products” (“Proposed Rule”). This is the first proposed rule that FDA has issued as part of its implementation of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), which directed FDA to issue ...
Proposed FDA rule targets asbestos in talc cosmetic products
Dec 27, 2024 · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule to require standardized testing of talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos, a known carcinogen linked to serious illnesses such...
FDA proposes rule to target asbestos in talc cosmetic products
Dec 27, 2024 · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule to require standardized testing of talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos, a known carcinogen linked to serious illnesses.