URGENT MESSAGE FROM DONNA MARIA - INDIE BEAUTY

[Guest guest]

I'm posting some info from an urgent message received tonight:

Today, the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics issued a Petition in full and

unequivocal support of the FDA Globalization Act of 2008.

You can see the Petition here:

http://action.safecosmetics.org/petition/Index.asp?id=35

You can clearly read that their Petition is diametrically opposed to

the one we took in our letter last week, which you can link to here:

http://www.indiebeauty.com/media/index.asp, and I have no doubt that

it is a direct response to our Petition at the blog:

http://www.indiebusinessblog.com/indie_business/fda_globalization_act_

of_2008/index.html

*** Not only do they support the draft law, but they think IT'S NOT

STRONG ENOUGH!! That's right, they want to go even further with more

regulation.

It's time to tighten the strings on our boxing gloves. We are headed

into the ring in a major way now.

Along with some other IBN members, I am meeting with the staffer

assigned to the legislation next week to advocate against this

legislation. This will be our first opportunity to articulate our

concern for consumers.

If anyone is selling products that in good faith they know are drugs

under the FDA's current law, now is a good time re-evaluate the

offering. I have no doubt that they will start linking to websites

with drug products that are marketed as cosmetics, without drug

approval. I don't want anyone to fall victim to this tactic, which

would be very smart of them to do.

Members, make no mistake about it. The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics is

essentially arguing that your products should be regulated like drugs

and that pre-market approval, just like for drugs, should be required

in order for you to sell your products.

Point no. 1 of their Petition is this: 1. Require pre-market safety

testing of all cosmetic products.

If you have not signed our Petition, do so now:

http://www.indiebusinessblog.com/indie_business/fda_globalization_act_

of_2008/index.html

If you have signed the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics

(http://www.safecosmetics.org/companies/r.cfm), know that you are

signed on to a group that supports this legislation and in fact, may

have had a role in drafting it. You may wish to reevaluate this.

Consider how your membership may support their cause. Consider also

that if you have submitted your formulas to them in order to be

ranked by their ranking system, it's possible that those very

formulas will now be used to support a law that could require

cosmetics to be treated like drugs.

Sincerely,