[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 7]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR740.18]

[Page 152]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 740--COSMETIC PRODUCT WARNING STATEMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Warning Statements
 
Sec. 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 Sec. 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).

[44 FR 59522, Oct. 16, 1979]

    Effective Date Note: At 47 FR 7829, Feb. 23, 1982, the effectiveness 
of Sec. 740.18 was stayed until further notice. The stay was effective 
Sept. 18, 1980.