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            <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc-Containing Cosmetic Products</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The proposed rule would establish and require standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing cosmetic products.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>Not Yet Determined</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 3505 of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>NPRM</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>12/29/2023</DLINE_DATE>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>Under section 3505 of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate proposed regulations to establish and require standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing cosmetic products.  The proposed rule is to issue not later than one year after MoCRA&apos;s enactment, which would be December 29, 2023.</LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Philip</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Chao</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>L.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Supervisory Regulatory Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0910</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FDA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>240 400-4053</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>philip.chao@fda.hhs.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Room 15-61 (HF-23), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5001 Campus Drive,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>College Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20740</ZIP>
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