Eye Products

Information from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and FDA

• Decorative Contact Lenses
  • FDA Warning Letter to Beauty Supply, dba Beauty World, Addresses Tinted Contact Lenses May 10, 2004 (also available in PDF)
  • FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Decorative Contact Lenses Without Proper Professional Involvement October 10, 2003
  • FDA Warning Letter to BWild Incorporated September 16, 2003 (also available in PDF)
  • Federal Register Notice: Guidance to FDA Staff on Sampling or Detention Without Physical Examination of Decorative Contact Lenses (Import Alert 86-10); Availability April 4, 2003
  • Import Alert 86-10: Detention Without Physical Examination of Decorative Contact Lenses April 1, 2003
  • FDA Public Health Web Notification: Non-Corrective Decorative Contact Lenses Dispensed Without a Prescription October 23, 2002
  • FDA Warns Consumers Against Using Decorative Contact Lenses Obtained Without a Prescription or Professional Fitting October 21, 2002
• Eye Cosmetic Safety August 1, 2001 (also available in Arabic)
• Eyebrow and Eyelash Dyes
  • Eylash Dyes February 7, 1995
  • FDA Warns Agains Use of "Permanent" Eyelash/Eyebrow Dyes and Tints July 14, 1992
• Kohl, Kajal, Al-Kahl, or Surma: By Any Name, a Source of Lead Poisoning October 24, 2003