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Practical guides & sources Reviewed notes ·

Sun-care labels

SPF is a test value, not a clock.

FDA guidance explains that SPF primarily indicates tested protection against sunburn and is not a multiplier for time outdoors. “Broad spectrum” is the separate label indicating UVA and UVB coverage.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration ↗

Product care

Storage and handling are part of product safety.

FDA consumer guidance recommends following directions and warnings, keeping containers clean and closed, avoiding shared makeup, and discarding cosmetics when their colour or smell changes.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration ↗

Claims & regulation

A cosmetic claim should not quietly become a treatment claim.

Singapore HSA states that cosmetic advertising cannot claim to prevent or treat disease or modify a physiological process, and that permitted cosmetic claims must be supportable by evidence or the formulation.

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Singapore Health Sciences Authority ↗