FDA to Regulate Cosmetics Makers–Partly

1/10/2023|Updated: 1/12/2023

New powers granted to the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) give the agency the ability to shut down cosmetic companies making products like shampoo, makeup, and toothpaste that expose consumers to injury or disease.

The updated regulations come from the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MOCRA) of 2022, which was tucked into the massive Consolidated Appropriations Act funding bill of 2023. MOCRA empowers the FDA to regulate aspects of cosmetics and personal care products in ways many Americans likely assumed it already was.

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Martha Rosenberg

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Martha Rosenberg is a nationally recognized reporter and author whose work has been cited by the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Public Library of Science Biology, and National Geographic. Rosenberg’s FDA expose, "Born with a Junk Food Deficiency," established her as a prominent investigative journalist. She has lectured widely at universities throughout the United States and resides in Chicago.