Natrue and QAI Work on Recognition Agreement
February 24, 2009 by DawnM
Filed under Greenwashing
Alliance between Certification Bodies
Natrue, an interest grouping of international cosmetic manufacturers, who have developed their own ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ standards, are working on a mutual recognition agreement with Quality Assurance International (QAI) in the US, to ensure that products complying with the Natrue or NSF/ANSI 305 ‘made with organic’ standard will be recognised by both bodies. The alliance is to cut costs and save time for manufacturers, according to the Natrue General Secretary.
Natrue was launched last year and 120 products have been certified already. Natrue represent cosmetic companies such as Lavera, Logona, Primavera, Read more
FDA Fails to Protect Says Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
February 13, 2009 by DawnM
Filed under Regulation, United States
US FDA Fails to Protect Public
More than a year after the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported that popular brands of lipstick contain lead, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has still not released the results of its own testing of lead in lipstick, despite pressure from senators and repeated calls from health groups.
New reports indicate that the beauty industry’s lead problems go further than lipstick. The Canadian government announced last week it found lead in children’s face paint. The results were publicly announced immediately as Read more
Personal Care Products Council: Resisting Regulation
February 7, 2009 by DawnM
Filed under Regulation, United States
Personal Care Products Council Resist Regulation
The Personal Care Product’s Council (PCPC) was founded in 1894 (as the Cosmetics Toiletry and Fragrance Association or CTFA) and is the leading trade association for the personal care products industry, representing the companies with the most sales of personal care products in the U.S.1 One of their stated aims is to protect “the freedom of the industry to compete in a fair and responsible marketplace”1 The association also claim to be committed to ensuring that cosmetic products are safe for consumers, “accomplished by promoting voluntary industry self-regulation.”1 Over the years the CTFA has strongly opposed attempts to overturn self-regulation and re-iterated the argument that cosmetics are safe, the industry’s voluntary Read more
