Cosmetics manufacturer safety testing

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Drug safety a) Manufacturers must conduct tests to prove a drug is safe b) FDA has 60 days to review applications and file objections or pose questions, otherwise new drug is considered approved... 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are based. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the enforcement of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Decisions made by these agencies are arrived at only after extensive testing by both manufacturers and independent groups. Effective control of toxic materials has assumed increasing importance in recent years and may be expected to become still more rigorous. 

Such laws are enforced by the FDA by means of checking and investigating products, inspecting establishments where products are manufactured or held, determining whether and what toxicological and/or other testing the firm has conducted to substantiate product safety, and seizure of adulterated or misbranded cosmetics. 

The Act and the Regulations also set out the safety requisites for all cosmetics sold in Canada, prohibiting the sale of a cosmetic that is either prepared under unsanitary conditions or is unsafe when used as directed. It is the manufacturer s responsibility to ensure that the cosmetics are safe for their intended use. Health Canada is the authority responsible for testing and analysing all marketed products. The Ministry may request in writing that a manufacturer submits, on or before a specified day, evidence to establish the safety of a cosmetic under the recommended or normal conditions of use. 

In fact, to obtain authorization to market a new cosmetic, the manufacturer or the importer must submit a substantial dossier to a committee of experts, which meets every three months. This dossier must contain, notably, the results of these analytical tests and of the safety and efficacy tests performed on the finished prodncts. It is important to note that the results obtained by the official Chinese laboratories are not open to dispute and tests performed outside China are not accepted. 

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