The Guam Banned Skincare Products List includes: (a) Any skincare products that include FDA banned substances, Guam Department of Agriculture, Guam EPA/DPHSS banned substances, and substances banned by any United States federal department or agency, public law, or by the Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations. (b) Skincare products that contain the following substances: (1) Oxybenzone (benzophenone-3); (2) Octinoxate (octyl methoxycinnamate); and (3) Octocrylene. (c) Any FDA approved substances or non-FDA approved substances that have been determined by the Guam Department of Agriculture, the Guam Environmental Protection Agency, or the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services to pose a threat to Guam’s marine ecosystem, including all species of marine life and their habitats. 2025 NOTE: Subsection (c) shall be effective 180 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 38-005:3 (Apr. 12, 2025). As enacted, this provision included subsection (d) which was renumbered by the Compiler to § 631002.1 pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.
§ 631002.1 [Same: Ban; Fines.] Items on the Guam Banned Skincare Products list shall not be imported into Guam. Violations of the ban are subject to civil fines that are not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and no more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). The civil fines shall be deposited in the Guam Environmental Trust Fund and used in accordance with 10 GCA, Chapter 45, Article 2. The civil fines enacted by this Section are in addition to any other fines that exist pursuant to other provisions of public law. SOURCE: Added as § 631002(d) by P.L. 38-005:2 (Apr. 12, 2025), renumbered by the Compiler pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606. This provision shall be effective 180 days from date of enactment pursuant to P.L. 38- 005:3.