FDA's proposed $2000 fee for cosmetics manufacturers

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Hi Everyone:

 

This is the feared-for followup to the Globalization info I wrote about

last year. Yes, the Guild and Cropwatch did manage to stop IFRA from

adopting the amendment without public input and so our efforts were

successful on that end. As warned, 2008 is the year Global Harmonization

was to kick in, and it has.

 

Of course, the voluntary GMP registration is already in place, no fee,

AFAIK:

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-regn.html

 

If passed, this legislation will effectively put many of our members out

of business - they just can afford it, especially if they have a tiny

business selling to farmer's markets, local stores, etc. Here are some

links, and I'd love to hear back from you on this.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20080418/fda18.art.htm

http://www.fdalawblog.net/fda_law_blog_hyman_phelps/2008/04/fda-globalizati.html

http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/news/ng.asp?n=85308-fda-regulation-legisla\

tion-cosmetics

and sort of related, but in a wacky niche all by itself: Indian Supreme

Court rules Vaseline a Drug not a Cosmetic

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200805162171.htm

 

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