SUBCHAPTER VI - COSMETICS
§ 361. Adulterated cosmetics.
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated -
- (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance
which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in
the labeling thereof, or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual,
except that this provision shall not apply to coal-tar hair dye, the label of
which bears the following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: ''Caution -
This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain
individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should
first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or
eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness.'', and the labeling of which bears
adequate directions for such preliminary testing. For the purposes of this
paragraph and paragraph (e) the term ''hair dye'' shall not include eyelash dyes
or eyebrow dyes.
- (b) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed
substance.
- (c) If it has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been
rendered injurious to health.
- (d) If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or
deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health
- (e) If it is not a hair dye and it is, or it bears or contains, a color
additive which is unsafe within the meaning of section 379e(a) of this title.
§ 362. Misbranded cosmetics.
A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded -
- (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.
- (b) If in package form unless it bears a label containing (1) the name and
place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (2) an
accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure,
or numerical count: Provided, That under clause (2) of this paragraph reasonable
variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be
established, by regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
- (c) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under
authority of this chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently
placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words,
statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to render
it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary
conditions of purchase and use.
- (d) If its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading.
- (e) If it is a color additive, unless its packaging and labeling are in
conformity with such packaging and labeling requirements, applicable to such
color additive, as may be contained in regulations issued under section 379e of
this title. This paragraph shall not apply to packages of color additives which,
with respect to their use for cosmetics, are marketed and intended for use only
in or on hair dyes (as defined in the last sentence of section 361(a) of this
title).
- (f) If its packaging or labeling is in violation of an applicable
regulation issued pursuant to section 1472 or 1473 of title 15.
§ 363. Regulations making exemptions.
The Secretary shall promulgate regulations exempting from any labeling
requirement of this chapter cosmetics which are, in accordance with the practice
of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at
establishments other than those where originally processed or packed, on
condition that such cosmetics are not adulterated or misbranded under the
provisions of this chapter upon removal from such processing, labeling, or
repacking establishment.
§ 364. Repealed.
§ 364. Repealed. Pub. L. 86-618, title I, Sec. 103(a)(3), July 12,
1960, 74 Stat. 398
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