Helping soap and cosmetic handcrafters navigate the rules and regs.
Category: MoCRA
MoCRA is the Modernization of Cosmetic Regulations Act of 2022. It was the first major revision to the cosmetics portions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act since 1938. It improves the safety of cosmetics and grants the FDA additional authority over the cosmetics offered for sale in the United States.
The changes stemming from MoCRA will affect any person or business that makes and/or sells cosmetics. That is cosmetics of any kind, not just “make-up,” but also lotions, creams, lip balm, sugar scrubs, salt scrubs, bath bombs and fizzies, and even soap (if it’s a cosmetic).
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Talc and MoCRA
MoCRA included a requirement for the FDA to create regulations to for testing methods to detect and identify asbestos in talc-containing products by 29 December 2023. That didn’t happen.
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Safety Substantiation
MoCRA requires cosmetic products and their ingredients have adequate safety substantiation. In other words, you must know your ingredients and products are safe, and have some sort of scientific data to prove it.
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Confused About MoCRA?
If you have been confused about MoCRA, if you’ve been unsure about what parts of it apply to your business and products, here’s your answer!
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MoCRA Update – Delayed Enforcement
This morning (November 8, 2023) the FDA issued an update stating that they are delaying enforcement of cosmetic facility and product registration requirements until July 1, 2024.
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Does MoCRA Apply to You?
The Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild recently comprehensive guide to the Modernization of Cosmetic Regulations Act of 2022 (MoCRA) and a wizard to help you determine what you need to do .
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Cosmetic Facility Registration – FDA Draft Guidance
On August 7, 2023, the FDA issued Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products: Guidance For Industry as a draft guidance distibuted for comment purposes.
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Fragrance Allergens
What are fragrance allergens? Do they need to be included in the ingredient declaration for a cosmetic product? (Answer: Yes, in some countries, but not in the US or Canada… yet.)
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FDA Starts Process for Cosmetic GMP
Today the FDA announced their first steps in creating cosmetic GMP regulations starting with a Request for Comments and a Listening Session in June.
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More on MoCRA – What Now?
Since MoCRA, the Modernization of Cosmetic Regulations Act of 2022, was signed into law as part of the Omnibus Spending Bill last December I’ve gotten a lot of questions about it and what you have to do now.
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Cosmetic Legislation Passed (MoCRA)
On December 23, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the 4,500 page Omnibus Spending Bill. It includes the “Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022” which updates the cosmetic law for the first time in over 50 years.