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HRD-78-139 1 (1978-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCURENT RESGS! 06839 - [B2227260J Lack of Authority Hampers Attempts Tc Increase Cosmetic Safety. HRD-78-139; B-164031(2). August 8, 1S78. 106 pp. + 7 appendices (30 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Ccsptrcller General. Issue Area: Consumer and Worker Protection: Identificaticn of Hazardous Consumer Products (909). Contact: Human Resources Div. Budqet Function: !ealth: Prevention and Control of Health Problems (55-p. Organizatioa Concerned: Department of eulth, Education, and elfare; Food and Drug Administration. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Senate ComMittee on Human Resources; Congress. Authority: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U.S.C. 301). Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 1451). Color Additive Amendments (E.L. 86-618). Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ot 19447 (7 U.S.C. 135). -16 C.F.R. 1500. =16 C.F.R. 1700. =21 C.F.R. 310. =21 C.F.R. 700. Almay v. Califano, 569 F.2d 674 (D.C. Cir. 1977). Toilet Goods Association v. Finch, 419 P.2d 21 (1969). S. 2365 (95th Cong.). Cosmetics are regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which requires that a cosmetic be free cf injurious substances and be produced under sanitary conditions. Many ingredients available for cosmetic use are suspected of causing cancer or birth ef .-ts or of having adverse effects on the nervous system. Fin.. /Conclusicns: In spite of the 3iqnificant risk of injury to consumers, the Food and Dr Jq Administration (FDA) does not have an effective program for requlatinq cosmetics. The act dces not authorize FDA to require manufacturers to register their pl&nts or products, file data on inqredients, file reports of cos--tic-related injuries, or test their products for safety. Also, exemptions in the act dc not permit effective regulation of coal tar hair dyes. FEA has not effectively used its existing authority. For examfle: it has not inspected most manufacturers' plants or sanled products for compliance with the act; it has rstablished regulations governing the use of only 11 ingredients used in cosmetics; the safety of about 25 color additives has not been established; and it has had difficulty developing appropriate tests to be used by manufacturers in eialuating safety. Recommendations: FDA should: require the listing of known allergens, help to develop product standards, define adequate sukstantiation of sa'ety, insure childproof packaging of toxic cosmetics, evaluate data from literature on cosmetic product safetl, evaluate restrict4 nns of other countries, establish an information system on cosmetic-related injuries and comslaints, establish

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