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What sort of items are called cosmetics?
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Cosmetics: Agents applied to the skin to cause an immediate change in the skin's color or texture are cosmetics.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Definiton Cosmetics: In the USA, the FDA provides a strict legal definition: "articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body...for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance" [FD&C act, sec. 201(i)]. This is in contrast to a drug. Cosmetics claiming to have medical effects have been called cosmeceuticals.
Answered 12/15/2014
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