The Cosmetics and Medical Device programs endeavor to ensure that these products are safe and effective and accurately labeled. Because of currently diminished resources and because the majority of cosmetics and medical devices are manufactured on the mainland and are under the regulatory purview of their states of manufacture and the Federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Branch affords this program a lower priority than the preceding programs.

Objectives:

• Reduce risk of injury to consumers by identifying and removing potential cosmetic and medical device related hazards.
• Protect cosmetic and medical device products against acts of terrorism.

Strategies:

• Routinely inspect those Hawaiian manufacturers of cosmetics and medical devices not inspected by FDA.
• Respond to all cosmetic and medical device complaints:
  
  
  1 - Serious complaints involving illness or injury shall be investigated within 2 working days.
  2 - Non-serious complaints, e.g., one involving an economic or marketing issue, shall be investigated within 2 weeks.
  
  
  
• Respond immediately to suspected aects of terrorism and natural disasters; assess and coordinate response with related agencies, coordinate the distribution of medical supplies, initiate public notification, and implement product recall and destruction.
• Assist FDA in the conduct of recalls, warnings and advisories.