Like the Personal Care Products Safety Act in the Senate, a bipartisan discussion draft from New Jersey congressmen Frank Pallone and Leonard Lance would require registration and fees from industry while giving FDA ingredient-review duties and recall authority. 2017 could be the year that cosmetics reform legislation goes the distance, but first the Senate will be holding a related hearing September 22.
Cosmetics reform legislation could have unprecedented momentum behind it going into 2017, following the Sept. 14 release of a discussion draft from House Energy and Commerce members that’s modeled closely after the proposed Personal Care Products Safety Act in the Senate.
Reps. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Leonard Lance, R-N.J., aim to introduce the bill during the lame duck session at the...