Federal law currently allows cosmetic companies to hide fragrance and flavor ingredients under generic labels like “fragrance,” even when those mixtures contain chemicals with known health risks. The Cosmetic Hazardous Ingredient Right to Know Act would require brand owners to publish every ingredient — including each fragrance and flavor component — on their websites in an accessible, machine-readable format, with links explaining health risks for chemicals on official toxic-chemical lists. Within two years of enactment, product packaging would also need to display the full ingredient list and a website link for harm information. The FDA would maintain a public master list of hazardous cosmetic chemicals drawn from EPA, IARC, REACH, and other authoritative sources, updated at least twice a year. The bill also preserves state authority to require stronger cosmetic transparency than the federal floor.
Transparency & Accountability
- Cosmetic website disclosure — Brand owners must publish full ingredient lists in machine-readable, WCAG-compliant format within one year
- Cosmetic packaging disclosure — Full ingredient lists and harm-info URLs required on product packaging within two years
- FDA hazardous-chemical master list — Public list compiled and updated at least semi-annually with subscriber notifications
- State authority on cosmetic transparency — States retain power to set stronger disclosure rules than the federal floor
Congressional Summary
Cosmetic Hazardous Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2025This bill requires cosmetic products to be labeled with a full list of their ingredients, including fragrance and flavor ingredients, and imposes other disclosure and labeling requirements related to certain potentially harmful ingredients. A cosmetic product that fails to meet such requirements may not be sold.Under current law, a cosmetic product’s packaging must generally include a list of its ingredients, but fragrance or flavor ingredients may be listed as fragrance or flavor in lieu of listing specific ingredient names.Within two years of the bill’s enactment, a cosmetic product's labeling or packaging must include a full list of its ingredients, including fragrance and flavor ingredients. Further, if the cosmetic includes certain ingredients, its labeling or packaging must also contain a specified statement directing consumers to the brand owner's website for information on health impacts of the product’s ingredients. Ingredients that trigger this requirement include those identified on specified lists of harmful or potentially harmful chemicals, such as chemicals identified as carcinogenic by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Food and Drug Administration must maintain a public list of all such ingredients.Within one year of enactment, a brand owner must disclose certain information on its website for each of its cosmetic products, includinga full list of ingredients;the functional purpose served by each fragrance or flavor ingredient; andif any ingredient is identified on the specified lists of harmful or potentially harmful chemicals, a link to the relevant list.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-07-16
- Date Added
- 2026-05-27
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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