FDA Authority and Policy
What the Law Says about Cosmetics: Overviews
- FDA Authority Over Cosmetics
- Is It a Cosmetic, a Drug, or Both? (or Is It Soap?)
- Key Legal Concepts: "Interstate Commerce," "Adulterated," and "Misbranded" February 9, 2006
Frequently Requested Information on Regulatory and Policy Topics
- AHAs Guidance
- Animal Testing
- Color Additives and Cosmetics
- "Cosmeceuticals"
- Exporting Cosmetics
- Imported Cosmetics
- Inspection of Cosmetics
- Recall Policy for Cosmetics
- Reporting Problem Products to FDA
- Shelf Life - Expiration Date
- Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP)
The Reference Room
- The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
- Regulations Related to Cosmetics
- Intercenter Agreement Between the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to Assist FDA in Implementing the Drug and Cosmetic Provision of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for Products that Purport to be Cosmetics But Meet the Statutory Definition of a Drug
- Warning Letters to Industry on Cosmetic-Related Issues
- Warning Letter on "Botox Cosmetic" (also available in PDF*)
*PDF Readers are available for free from the Adobe Acrobat web site.