FDA Official Rejects Cosmetics Firms' Safety Proposa

The Wall Street Journal (online registration rquired): A top Food and Drug Administration official on Thursday rejected the cosmetic industry's latest proposal for a regulatory overhaul aimed at improving the safety of beauty and personal-care products.

In a blistering letter to senior cosmetics-industry officials Thursday, FDA Deputy Commissioner Michael R. Taylor expressed his "profound disappointment" in industry proposals that he contends "would actually reduce FDA's...

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