Joint Committee on Personal Care Products

Hello Everyone,

I am looking forward to our first working JC meeting this month. Please be sure you all have the 6/24/24 meeting in your calendars. If you do not please go on the the NSF Online Workspace (NOW) calendar tab and download all the meetings. Also, with this new system you have to log on to the NOW to access the meeting. A huge thank you to Natalie Cox from NSF who went through all the comments and categorized them into groups. I have uploaded the comments to the NOW and attached them here. Please be sure to go through them prior to the meeting so that we can have an efficient as possible meeting. The responses in the file now are from Natalie but we will be discussing them all with the JC. Those responses are not the final decisions. Below are the categories Natalie grouped them in. 

1) 527 Standard Scope & Required Materials needed for evaluation

Includes The following topics

- Integrating MoCRA into scope

- Product Types & Categories covered by scope

- Assessing if Environmental considerations should be covered by this scope

2) 527 Standard Terminology & Definitions

3) Concerns that may be addressed in GMP Standards (455-3 & 455)

- Adverse event reporting

4) Finished Product & Raw Material Safety Assessments and Testing

- What should be required for verifying safety

-Outline specific methods and protocols that address safety concerns

5) Claims & Claims Verification procedures

- Addresses comments about "Clean"

- Addresses comments about "Natural"

6) Hazardous Material & Adulterant List

- Addresses comments about PFAS

- Addresses comments about contaminates and other impurities

7) Labeling Requirements

8) Testing Protocols

- Addresses comments about current testing protocols recommends by 527

9) General Comments
-Addresses comments not covered by the other categories

Thank you,

Rachel 

Hello Everyone,

I am looking forward to our first working JC meeting this month. Please be sure you all have the 6/24/24 meeting in your calendars. If you do not please go on the the NSF Online Workspace (NOW) calendar tab and download all the meetings. Also, with this new system you have to log on to the NOW to access the meeting. A huge thank you to Natalie Cox from NSF who went through all the comments and categorized them into groups. I have uploaded the comments to the NOW and attached them here. Please be sure to go through them prior to the meeting so that we can have an efficient as possible meeting. The responses in the file now are from Natalie but we will be discussing them all with the JC. Those responses are not the final decisions. Below are the categories Natalie grouped them in. 

1) 527 Standard Scope & Required Materials needed for evaluation

Includes The following topics

- Integrating MoCRA into scope

- Product Types & Categories covered by scope

- Assessing if Environmental considerations should be covered by this scope

2) 527 Standard Terminology & Definitions

3) Concerns that may be addressed in GMP Standards (455-3 & 455)

- Adverse event reporting

4) Finished Product & Raw Material Safety Assessments and Testing

- What should be required for verifying safety

-Outline specific methods and protocols that address safety concerns

5) Claims & Claims Verification procedures

- Addresses comments about "Clean"

- Addresses comments about "Natural"

6) Hazardous Material & Adulterant List

- Addresses comments about PFAS

- Addresses comments about contaminates and other impurities

7) Labeling Requirements

8) Testing Protocols

- Addresses comments about current testing protocols recommends by 527

9) General Comments
-Addresses comments not covered by the other categories

Thank you,

Rachel 

Hello Everyone,

I am looking forward to our first working JC meeting this month. Please be sure you all have the 6/24/24 meeting in your calendars. If you do not please go on the the NSF Online Workspace (NOW) calendar tab and download all the meetings. Also, with this new system you have to log on to the NOW to access the meeting. A huge thank you to Natalie Cox from NSF who went through all the comments and categorized them into groups. I have uploaded the comments to the NOW and attached them here. Please be sure to go through them prior to the meeting so that we can have an efficient as possible meeting. The responses in the file now are from Natalie but we will be discussing them all with the JC. Those responses are not the final decisions. Below are the categories Natalie grouped them in. 

1) 527 Standard Scope & Required Materials needed for evaluation

Includes The following topics

- Integrating MoCRA into scope

- Product Types & Categories covered by scope

- Assessing if Environmental considerations should be covered by this scope

2) 527 Standard Terminology & Definitions

3) Concerns that may be addressed in GMP Standards (455-3 & 455)

- Adverse event reporting

4) Finished Product & Raw Material Safety Assessments and Testing

- What should be required for verifying safety

-Outline specific methods and protocols that address safety concerns

5) Claims & Claims Verification procedures

- Addresses comments about "Clean"

- Addresses comments about "Natural"

6) Hazardous Material & Adulterant List

- Addresses comments about PFAS

- Addresses comments about contaminates and other impurities

7) Labeling Requirements

8) Testing Protocols

- Addresses comments about current testing protocols recommends by 527

9) General Comments
-Addresses comments not covered by the other categories

Thank you,

Rachel