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August 7, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today, issued draft guidance on cosmetic product facility registrations and product listings, as mandated by the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA).

March 27, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stopped accepting and processing submissions to the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP) as a result of FDA’s plans to develop a program for submission of the facility registrations and product listings mandated by the “Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022” (MoCRA). For further information please see FDA Has Stopped Accepting Submissions to the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP).

*VCRP information is available in the FDA.gov archive.*


The information in the tables below is a monthly report of activity in FDA's Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP).

VCRP Monthly Status Report

Because the law does not require cosmetic firms to register their establishments or file their product formulations with FDA, participation in this program is voluntary. For this reason, the information below does not indicate the total number of companies manufacturing or marketing cosmetics in this country, or all cosmetic products on the market.

Activity for February 2023

Number of online accounts activated this month: 165
	Number of products filed this month: 222Total activity since the launch of the new online system, September 20, 2018

Number of active online accounts: 8,317
	Number of active cosmetic establishment registrations: 4,728
	Number of labelers that have filed product formulations*: 2,063
	Number of filed products: 30,908
	Number of product formulations discontinued**: 2,718
	Number of product formulations rejected***: 2,438Total activity since the VCRP was established, in 1972

Number of active cosmetic establishment registrations: 5,176
	Number of labelers that have filed product formulations*: 2,336
	Number of active products on file: 35,102
	Number of product formulations discontinued**: 134,082
	Number of product formulations rejected***: 2,783

*The "labeler" is the business identified on the label of a cosmetic product.

**"Product formulations discontinued" are those that have been removed from the VCRP because the company has identified them as no longer in commercial distribution.

***"Product formulations rejected" are those that are incomplete or have errors that need to be corrected before they can be filed in the VCRP.

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      08/07/2023
                  
                   
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