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The bill improves consumer safety and transparency by requiring fragrance/flavor disclosures and preserving state powers, but it increases compliance costs and regulatory risk for small and professional cosmetic sellers and may create state-by-state complexity.
Consumers: cosmetic shoppers will see clearer ingredient disclosure because fragrance and flavor ingredients must be listed on-pack or on brand websites, making it easier to identify potential allergens or harmful chemicals.
State governments and residents: states keep authority to ban or limit harmful ingredients, allowing faster, localized protective actions rather than waiting for federal rulemaking.
Brand owners and manufacturers: the bill creates a clearer federal disclosure standard for fragrance/flavor ingredients, helping standardize labeling across the market.
Small cosmetic businesses and professional sellers: the requirement to update packaging and maintain website ingredient lists (plus explicit coverage of products sold only to professionals) increases compliance costs and regulatory burden.
Consumers and small businesses: products could be pulled from sale or face legal risk if labels or websites lack required disclosures, potentially reducing product availability and harming small sellers.
Small businesses, manufacturers, and interstate sellers: preserving broad state authority may produce a patchwork of differing state requirements, complicating compliance and interstate sales.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Mandates on-package and website disclosure of fragrance and flavor ingredients, expands the definition of "cosmetic" to include professional-use products, and preserves certain state authorities.
Introduced July 16, 2025 by Janice D. Schakowsky · Last progress July 16, 2025
Requires cosmetic makers and brand owners to disclose fragrance and flavor ingredient information on product packaging and on brand websites (with a required website link to full ingredient lists), expands the legal definition of “cosmetic” to expressly include products sold for professional use, and clarifies how federal rules interact with state laws. It creates new bases for deeming a cosmetic “adulterated” if required disclosures are not made and restates limits on federal preemption so certain state actions and reporting requirements remain allowed.