US consultant, FDAImports.com, LLC has warned that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (US FDA) is to take up major enforcement action against Cosmetics Manufacturers with illegal “Anti-Aging” Labelling Claims.
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) will soon crackdown on cosmetics product labels bearing illegal drug claims, including “SPF,” “anti-aging,” or “anti-wrinkle,” according to Benjamin L. England, former 17-year FDA veteran and FDAImports.com, LLC Founder.
A cosmetics manufacturer or importer in the USA will be potentially subject to IA 66-38, and may face product labelling compliance challenges that could lead to financial losses if no action is taken.
FDA issued Import Alert #66-38, “Skin Care Products Labeled As Anti-Aging Creams” (IA 66-38) in 1988, subjecting cosmetic manufacturers - including several large, non-U.S. cosmetics importers Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, Avon, Almay and Fleur de Sante - to “intensive surveillance” for importing cosmetics with drug claims on cosmetic product labeling.
FDA appears to be cracking down on importers whose cosmetic product labels bear illegal drug claims. As recently as April 2010, FDA added 93 cosmetics products and four firms to the IA 66-38 “Yellow List,” which subjects those companies’ imported cosmetics to “intensive FDA surveillance” including increased import field examinations.
These additions to the alert show that FDA is getting serious,” said England.
We are not sure if this crackdown will impact Chinese exporters of cosmetic products to the USA, but it is better to be forewarned.
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