FDA issues new rules for sunscreen labeling
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
Sunscreen labeling for the first time will be allowed to claim that the products protect against skin cancer and early skin aging. Sunscreens will no longer be able to carry an SPF value higher than 50, the FDA says, because there isn't sufficient evidence to show that an SPF higher than 50 provides greater protection.The Food and Drug Administration issued new guidelines Tuesday for sunscreen labeling that will give consumers better information about the products' effectiveness and that will, for the first time, allow the bottles, tubes and sprays to say that sunscreens protect against skin cancer and early skin aging.