Formaldehyde Hair-Smoothing Ban Still ‘High Priority’ For US FDA Despite Proposed Rule Delay

Amid organizational and leadership changes and numerous competing high priorities, the FDA’s planned Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to ban formaldehyde-containing hair-straightening products has been pushed from April to July 2024. An agency spokesperson provided an update on related activities, which are being closely watched by NGOs, state-level policymakers, and industry stakeholders.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has had an adversarial relationship with heated hair-straightening products that release formaldehyde for at least a decade, and it may be a bit longer still until the agency’s proposed rule for a ban is released.

An FDA spokesperson told HBW Insight the rule continues to be a “high priority,” but that “the rulemaking process takes...

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