The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) holds cosmetic manufacturers and distributors responsible for the safety and quality of their cosmetics. This webinar serves to guide cosmetic manufacturers and distributors as well as other entities such as color additive manufacturers and analytical and microbiological laboratories on
FDA recommendations and requirements concerning the safety and quality testing of cosmetics. Topic areas covered in this webinar include FDA considerations for microbiological testing, animal testing, potential contaminants, nanomaterials in cosmetics, cosmetic good manufacturing practices (GMP) compliance testing, shelf life/expiration dating, select cosmetic ingredients and color additive batch certification.