Pallone Presses FDA For Updates On Imported Cosmetics Inspections

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) wants FDA to provide an update on its inspections of imported cosmetic products, following a revelation in the administration’s proposed FDA 2020 budget justification that the agency will conduct zero inspections of foreign cosmetics facilities in fiscal 2019 and 2020. In a letter to Pallone in 2017, the agency noted the number of imported cosmetics products is climbing every year but the number of products inspected is low, with less than...