0910-AI82 202404 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0910 Food and Drug Administration FDA 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Testing Methods for Detecting and Identifying Asbestos in Talc-Containing Cosmetic Products

The proposed rule would establish and require standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing cosmetic products. Development of the proposed rule is informed by FDA’s prior public engagement on this topic through, for instance, a public meeting in February 2020, and public comments on a policy paper released in January 2022, by an Interagency Working Group on Asbestos in Consumer Products.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No Not Yet Determined sec. 3505 of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 Statutory NPRM 12/29/2023 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's enactment, which would be December 29, 2023. No NPRM 07/00/2024 Undetermined None Undetermined No Yes Jennifer Ross Regulatory Counsel 0910 Food and Drug Administration FDA 240 402-8155 questionsaboutmocra@fda.hhs.gov Office of the Chief Scientist, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20993