U.S. FDA Unveils Real-Time Dashboard for Cosmetic Adverse Event Data

On September 12, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rolled out the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Public Dashboard for Cosmetic Products, an interactive platform offering real-time access to adverse event data related to cosmetics. The launch marks another step in the agency’s broader effort to modernize its monitoring systems and improve transparency, following the debut of a similar dashboard for drugs and therapeutic biologics in August 2025.

The new tool consolidates reports exclusively for cosmetic products such as moisturizers, shampoos, conditioners, hair dyes, and tattoos. It includes serious adverse event reports submitted by responsible persons in line with the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), as well as voluntary adverse event reports from healthcare professionals, consumers, salon professionals, cosmetologists, and others.

The dashboard features user-friendly search and filter functions, enabling reports to be viewed by product name or adverse event term, and sorted by severity, date, or report type. Users can also download complete datasets or selected records. Data are updated daily to reflect the most recent submissions.

FDA emphasized that the reports displayed in the dashboard have not been verified and should not be interpreted as evidence that a cosmetic product caused a specific adverse event, nor as an indicator of the product’s overall safety profile.