2024 U.S. Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Chapter 9 - Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Subchapter VI - Cosmetics
Sec. 364h - Small businesses

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Citation 21 U.S.C. § 364h (2024)
Section Name §364h. Small businesses
Section Text (a) In general

Responsible persons, and owners and operators of facilities, whose average gross annual sales in the United States of cosmetic products for the previous 3-year period is less than $1,000,000, adjusted for inflation, and who do not engage in the manufacturing or processing of the cosmetic products described in subsection (b), shall be considered small businesses and not subject to the requirements of section 364b or 364c of this title.

(b) Requirements applicable to all manufacturers and processors of cosmetics

The exemptions under subsection (a) shall not apply to any responsible person or facility engaged in the manufacturing or processing of any of the following products:

(1) Cosmetic products that regularly come into contact with mucus membrane of the eye under conditions of use that are customary or usual.

(2) Cosmetic products that are injected.

(3) Cosmetic products that are intended for internal use.

(4) Cosmetic products that are intended to alter appearance for more than 24 hours under conditions of use that are customary or usual and removal by the consumer is not part of such conditions of use that are customary or usual.

Source Credit

(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, §612, as added Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title III, §3502, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5857.)


Editorial Notes STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES CONSTRUCTION; CONFIDENTIALITY

Nothing in section 3502 of Pub. L. 117–328, which enacted this section, to be construed to authorize the disclosure of information that is prohibited from disclosure under section 331(j) of this title or section 1905 of title 18 or that is subject to withholding under section 552(b)(4) of title 5, see section 3503(c)(2) of Pub. L. 117–328, set out as a note under section 364 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2024 Edition, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 9 - FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
SUBCHAPTER VI - COSMETICS
Sec. 364h - Small businesses
Contains section 364h
Date 2024
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2025
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 136 Stat. 5857
Public Law References Public Law 117-328
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