FDA Proposes to Tighten Controls on UV Tanning Lamp Devices

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to reclassify ultraviolet tanning lamps from class I to class II. The reclassification would make the tanning lamps subject to premarket notification, and would designate special controls the agency deemed necessary for safe use. FDA would also change the name of the products from “ultraviolet lamps for tanning” to “sunlamp products.” Comments on the reclassification, which is being proposed on FDA’s own initiative, are due by Aug. 7.