CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER G—COSMETICS (parts 700 to 741) > PART 740—COSMETIC PRODUCT WARNING STATEMENTS > SUBPART B—Warning Statements (§740.10 to §740.19) > 740.18—Coal tar hair dyes posing a risk of cancer.

740.18—Coal tar hair dyes posing a risk of cancer.

(a) The principal display panel of the label and any labeling accompanying a coal tar hair dye containing any ingredient listed in paragraph (b) of this section shall bear, in accordance with the requirements of § 740.2, the following:
Warning—Contains an ingredient that can penetrate your skin and has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
(b) Hair dyes containing any of the following ingredients shall comply with the requirements of this section: (1) 4-methoxy-m -phenylenediamine (2,4-diaminoanisole) and (2) 4-methoxy-m -phenylenediamine sulfate (2,4-diaminoanisole sulfate).

Code of Federal Regulations

[44 FR 59522, Oct. 16, 1979]

Code of Federal Regulations

Effective Date Note: At 47 FR 7829, Feb. 23, 1982, § 740.18 was stayed until further notice, effective Sept. 18, 1980.