OMG! My blog was picked up by
www.opencongress.org for this bill!!!
www.barsoapnatural.com/blog/
while I understand that it's just paperwork for many of us, and not fees... it is still horribly overreaching legislation. The issue is that there are ingredients that are not safe to use, and some companies are using them anyway. The FDA needs to enforce regulations that are already on the books. Or, they need to ban the ingredients rather than just regulating them. Then, resources need to be provided that will allow them to enforce it.
BUT, to make a blanket law that will cause even a soapcrafter who wants to try apricot kernal oil for a change, register that change with the gov't and report who their supplier is, and what batch # the oil is from, etc., is ludicrous. The FDA won't have the time or resources to keep up with this.
The cute little video is about HARMFUL chemicals in cosmetics. It is not about natural oils. Therefore, as persuasive as the video is in exposing the lack of common sense companies use regarding the ingredients they choose, and the lack of an up to date list of banned chemicals, or the lack of oversight regarding those chemicals, the BILL IS OVER REACHING.
The paperwork that would be required may not be difficult to fill out, it may not require additional employees to get it done, it may not inconvenience us much at all, but it should not be REQUIRED for those of us using safe, approved ingredients. Do you remember the term 'busy work?' Unnecessary, but essentially harmless, though time consuming. I don't want my gov't creating busy work for me, when I'm following the rules and making safe products.
Maybe the answer isn't to make all of us submit needless paperwork that won't be looked at anyway.
The answer is to DEVELOP a complete list of un-usable ingredients, and ENFORCE it.
