Americans should “beware” of sunscreen products in mousse form as they may not be effective, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an Aug. 12 X post, with the agency sending warning letters to five companies marketing sunscreen products.
The letters were sent on Aug. 6 to Texas-based Supergoop, Pennsylvania-based Fallien Cosmeceuticals Ltd., Israel-based K & Care Organics, Sweden-based Kalani AB, and Florida-based Vacation Inc.
According to the agency, the sunscreen products marketed by these companies are sold as drugs. However, based on section 505 of the FD&C Act, sunscreens can only be approved for marketing in oil, lotion, cream, gel, butter, paste, ointment, stick, spray, and powder forms—and not in mousse and foam….