Beauty insiders and the FDA remain divided on exactly what that legislation means. 🔐
While sunscreen legislation was buried in the federal stimulus, beauty insiders and the FDA remain divided on exactly what that legislation means. Some say it puts a stop to the FDA’s review of sunscreen ingredient safety, reverting common active ingredients that were undergoing new safety testing back to a 20-year-old framework that classified them as safe for consumer use. Others say it’s meant to accelerate the approval of new sunscreen actives.
The measure regarding sunscreen ingredients in the stimulus package is part of the larger OTC Monograph Reform Bill, which was championed by industry lobbying groups, the Personal Care Products Council and Consumer Healthcare Products Association as well as makers of mass market sunscreens like Edgewell and Bayer Consumer Health. That bill was passed into law with the stimulus package, changing the approval process for makers of OTC drugs like Tylenol, owned by Bayer.
The FDA has been conducting clinical testing on these ingredients over the past year, and since January has determined only that they are absorbed into the bloodstream after even just a single application and will require further testing to determine what that means for consumer health and safety. “The FDA is working to review all provisions of the CARES Act that apply to FDA. We look forward to providing regular updates as we move forward to implement the new law,” the FDA said in a statement to WWD.
A spokesperson for L’Oréal refuted any link between the new sunscreen legislation and the France-based beauty company, noting that L’Oréal does not manufacture sunscreen in its Kentucky plant.
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