Looking to promote the safety of your product? Tout the fact that your children’s bath and shampoo products do not contain formaldehyde. In a recent test, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found 23 children’s bath products that that may cause cancer and skin allergies. Another product, 1,4-dioxane, was found in 32 of 48 products. The [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revising its requirements for cochineal extract and carmine by requiring their declaration by name on the label of all food and cosmetic products that contain these color additives.
This final rule responds to reports of severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, to cochineal extract-containing food and carmine-containing food and cosmetics [...]

The federal Organic Food Products Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C. §§6501 et seq. (“OFPA”), created a certification scheme for organic products that is implemented by the National Organic Program (NOP) of the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA). The NOP establishes and enforces standards for labeling of agricultural and food products as “organic,” issues regulations [...]