Cosmetics Legislation Misses 2016 Window, But Is Real Industry Opportunity Now?

The offices of cosmetic bill sponsors in the last Congress say the Personal Care Products Safety Act and the considerably more industry-friendly Cosmetics Modernization Amendments proposal will both be reintroduced this year. The latter’s relaunch may be imminent, and the stage could be set for it – or at least some of its pro-business provisions – to earn a more serious look in the new Congress.

The 114th Congress ended with cosmetics legislation stalled in committee despite bipartisan support, broad-based stakeholder backing and other auspicious factors that made 2016 feel like a rare opportunity.

President Obama had already signed into law the Microbead-Free Waters Act, banning the heaviest plastic microbeads use in cosmetics, the...

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