Teach Soap • View topic - Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

View unanswered posts | View active topics

Board index » Teach Soap Forum » Toiletries: Lotions, Fizzies, Shampoos and more!

All times are UTC - 8 hours

Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Moderators: Bramble Girl, soapbuddy, Bramble Momma, magic_hands

Page 1 of 2

[ 19 posts ]

Go to page 1, 2 Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Author

Message

soapbuddy

Post subject: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 10:50 am

Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:14 pm
Posts: 24336
Location: Mistress Of Lather

Googled "Lip Balm FDA Regulations" and that's what came up . . . This is a new change as of April 2014. So we can no longer call our lip balms "lip balms". I am at a loss on what to call mine.

_________________
Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Top

Anakiya

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:31 pm

Joined: Thu May 16, 2013 2:57 pm
Posts: 238

Oh, Good! I was soooo worried that the FDA didn't have enough to do already!!!

I read the FDA's Code of Federal Regulation. It appears that they consider lip balm to be a "skin protectant", thereby implying some medical benefit, and so now it is a drug.

Wow, Irena - we are drug dealers!!! Maybe we can get matching bedding ensembles for our prison cell!

Top

soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:36 pm

Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:14 pm
Posts: 24336
Location: Mistress Of Lather

Matching jammies too Anakiya!
I wonder how many people would buy if I call it Lip Lube?

_________________
Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Top

rosie99

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 6:11 pm

Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:21 pm
Posts: 360
Location: middle of nowhere VA

Well that stinks, but clever soapbuddy, we could call them lip butters or lip wax(does that even make sense tho)..... maybe?

_________________
Anna Rose @-}--
blog

Top

soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 6:57 pm

Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:14 pm
Posts: 24336
Location: Mistress Of Lather

_________________
Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Top

Mellifera

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 2:09 am

Joined: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:39 am
Posts: 731
Location: New York

Our lip balms are safe: http://indiebusinessnetwork.net/forum/t ... d-fda-drug

This makes sense. They wrote badly on the FDA web site.

_________________
***************
Lesli Sagan
Avital's Apiaries
Like us: http://www.facebook.com/AvitalsApiaries

Top

StokedTopHat

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 7:40 am

Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:04 pm
Posts: 451

_________________
Olivia :)

Top

soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 9:43 am

Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:14 pm
Posts: 24336
Location: Mistress Of Lather

_________________
Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Top

Genny

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 12:57 pm

Joined: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:42 am
Posts: 1621
Location: Western WI

This is the response I got yesterday from the FDA when I asked them if it was the word "balm" that made lip balm a drug or if lip balm is a drug when drug claims are made when selling it.

From FDA
"Several factors that can cause a product to be considered a drug; containing active ingredients and making certain claims. For information related to drugs as well as the factors (names) that cause a product to be considered a drug, please contact FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) regulates drug (active ingredient) products."

Clear as mud, right? So now I've contacted the CDER and am waiting on a response.

_________________
Genny

Top

rosie99

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 1:38 pm

Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:21 pm
Posts: 360
Location: middle of nowhere VA

_________________
Anna Rose @-}--
blog

Top

soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 2:03 pm

Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:14 pm
Posts: 24336
Location: Mistress Of Lather

Thanks Genny. I wonder what they consider "active ingredients".

_________________
Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Top

Genny

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:50 am

Joined: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:42 am
Posts: 1621
Location: Western WI

_________________
Genny

Top

Mellifera

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:13 pm

Joined: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:39 am
Posts: 731
Location: New York

Zinc oxide, probably.

_________________
***************
Lesli Sagan
Avital's Apiaries
Like us: http://www.facebook.com/AvitalsApiaries

Top

ldashner

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:35 am

Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:20 pm
Posts: 5

_________________
Leilani

Top

hubahubister

Post subject: Re: Lip Balm is now a drug according to the FDA

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:47 pm

Joined: Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:37 pm
Posts: 17

Is there any updates to this yet? on what it should be called or anything?

Top

Page 1 of 2

[ 19 posts ]

Go to page 1, 2 Next

Board index » Teach Soap Forum » Toiletries: Lotions, Fizzies, Shampoos and more!

All times are UTC - 8 hours

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum