While feminine wash products are labeled for “external use,” FDA should recognize that they are used internally by consumers and adjust relevant colorant restrictions accordingly, the congresswoman suggests in a letter to agency Commissioner Robert Califf. The New York Democrat presses FDA to respond to a year-old citizen petition on the matter from NGO Women’s Voices for the Earth.
FDA should prohibit manufacturers from “mischaracterizing” feminine-wash products as “for external use only” and alter its colorant regulations to reflect common consumer practices of using the products internally, according to Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y.
In a Nov. 1 letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, she advances the argument that feminine-wash products are...