SupplySide Stage: Game-changing MoCRA Regulations for Cosmetics: What to know and what the future holds
Amid the broad discussions about mandatory listing and supplement industrywide product registry, big and perhaps predictive changes to the federal regulation of cosmetics are just around the corner. The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) passed as part of the federal government’s last omnibus spending bill, and with that came significant amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
New and expanded regulatory requirements for cosmetics include facility registration, product listing and safety substantiation. Also new are adverse event reporting requirements, labeling obligations and fresh recall authority through FDA. For companies manufacturing and marketing cosmetic products in the U.S., the time to prepare to meet these requirements is now, as most of the new cosmetic regulations will take effect on Dec. 29, 2023.
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 Duffy HayesManaging Editor. Natural Products Insider, Food and Beverage Insider, Informa Markets Duffy Hayes joined Informa Markets and Natural Products Insider in January 2020. He has more than two decades of experience as a working journalist, previously as an editor and reporter at a daily newspaper and also as a B2B journalist in the telecommunications and home security industries. |
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| Michael McGuffin President, American Herbal Products Association Michael McGuffin is the president of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) and has been active in the herbal industry since 1974. He has owned and managed both retail and manufacturing businesses in this field. Michael also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and United Plant Savers, and on the Advisory Board of the USC School of Pharmacy Regulatory Science Master's Degree Program and of the Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition. He served on FDA's Food Advisory Committee Working Group on Good Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplements (1998-99), FDA's Food Advisory Committee's Dietary Supplements Subcommittee (2003-04), and California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Food Warning Workgroup (2008-10). In addition, he is an editor of AHPA’s Botanical Safety Handbook, first (1997) and second (2013) editions, and of AHPA’s Herbs of Commerce, 2nd edition (2000). Ryan SeaversonDirector, Quality & Compliance, SafetyCall International Ryan Seaverson is the director of quality and compliance at SafetyCall International, a multidisciplinary health care practice focused on providing services in the area of post-market surveillance, adverse event management and regulatory reporting. With over 17 years of experience in quality assurance and regulatory compliance, Ryan has served as an educational resource for SafetyCall clients to help them understand their post-market regulatory reporting obligations as well as best practices in product safety stewardship. Ryan holds a master’s degree in biological sciences from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, as well as professional certifications from the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAC), the American Society for Quality (CMQ/OE) and Product Stewardship Society (CPPS). |