Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today called on negotiators of the FDA reauthorization bill to include provisions related to safety reforms for personal care products alongside the FDA user fee program.

“The law meant to protect consumers from harmful chemicals in personal care products– shampoo, deodorant, cosmetics and more – is more than 80 years old. It’s time to update that law, and I call on those negotiating the FDA user fee bill to include provisions to accomplish that in the final bill," Senator Feinstein said. 

“The FDA currently lacks authority to recall products, there are no strict rules for ingredient transparency and manufacturing processes are unregulated. Language was included in the committee-passed FDA user fee bill to fix those problems, and those provisions should be in the final legislation.

“We’ve seen increased reports of cancer, hair loss, skin burns and more, all related to unregulated personal care products. Now is the time to act – we can’t wait any longer. We must give FDA the authority to regulate and recall these products, and the FDA user fee reauthorization bill is the place to do it.”

Provisions that should be included in the FDA user fee bill:

More information on the underlying bill that includes these reforms, the Personal Care Products Safety Act, is available here. That bill is supported by a number of industry and consumer groups: