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The small business exemption excludes eye products

MoCRA’s small business exemption from facility registration and product listing does not apply to products that regularly come into contact with the mucus membrane of the eye, products that are injected, products intended for internal use, or products intended to alter appearance for more than 24 hours without consumer removal.

An eye cream or eye patch cancels the small-business exemption that the rest of your range would qualify for.

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FDA removes eye-area products from the carve-out list, or extends the small business exemption to cover them.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Registration & Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products
MoCRA exempts certain small businesses from facility registration and product listing requirements. However, such exemptions do not apply to facilities that manufacture or process, or responsible persons for, the following cosmetic products: Products that regularly come into contact with mucus membrane of the eye under customary or usual conditions of use. Products that are injected. Products that are intended for internal use. Products that are intended to alter appearance for more than 24 hours under customary or usual conditions of use and removal by the consumer is not part of such conditions of use.
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