Ingredients:News

Brazil updates its list of substances banned in cosmetics

On 7 January 2025, Brazil notified a draft Resolution designed to update the list of substances banned for use in personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes. A 60-day consultation was opened.

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Homosalate: new restrictions come into force

On this 1st january 2025, the new restrictions on the UV filter Homosalate set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/2195 come into force. They apply to all new products placed on the market.

United Kingdom: an omnibus regulation for 64 CMRs and Kojic Acid

On 17 December 2024, the UK published Statutory Instrument 2024 No.1334. It includes a ban on 64 CMR substances (eight of which have INCI names), and new restrictions on kojic acid.

US FDA proposes mandatory testing of talc-containing products

On 26 December 2024, the US FDA opened a consultation on a draft rule aimed at requiring talc-containing products to be tested for asbestos using standardised methods.

Monday, March 27, 2023

Hydroxyapatite (nano): final Opinion of the SCCS

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Following an initial negative opinion from the SCCS, and the submission of new data by industry to defend its use in oral products, Hydroxyapatite (na...

Monday, March 27, 2023

Sodium Bromothymol Blue (C186): final Opinion of the SCCS

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Following the mandate given by the European Commission to the SCCS in March 2022, the Scientific Committee has published its final Opinion on the safe...

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The DGCCRF and the ANSM update their Note on the definition of a nanomaterial in cosmetics

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While the European Commission published in 2022 a transversal version of the definition of a nanomaterial, different from that of the Cosmetics Regula...

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Proposed CLH classification for HEMA and HPMA

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On 13 March 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a consultation on two harmonised classification and labelling proposals from France fo...

Monday, March 13, 2023

Europe notifies the 21th ATP of the CLP

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On 2 March 2023, the European Union transmitted to the WTO a draft Regulation which constitutes the 21th ATP (Adaptation to Technical and Scientific P...

Monday, March 13, 2023

H2OLIXIR, the new range of floral waters of Groupe Berkem

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Groupe Berkem has just announced the launch of H2OLIXIR, its new range of 100% natural and 97.5% organic floral waters for the cosmetics industry in t...

Monday, March 6, 2023

RIVM questions the safety of Butylparaben and paraben mixtures

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According to an analysis by the RIVM, the use of multiple cosmetic products containing one of the four parabens still authorised in Europe does not re...

Monday, March 6, 2023

Renouvellance: a completely natural, unique active ingredient to protect skin from urban photo-stress

Microphyt, a leader in natural ingredients with high added value derived from microalgae, has come up with yet another innovative solution: Renouvella...

Monday, March 6, 2023

Silab's Apioskin wins PCHi innovation award

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Apioskin, Silab’s new natural plumping active ingredient, was awarded the innovation prize at the PCHi Fountain Awards evening on February 15, 2023, a...

Monday, February 27, 2023

A collective of cosmetic brands calls for a swifter ban on microplastics

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In an open letter to the European Commission, a group of brands and associations from the cosmetics industry are calling for an acceleration of the mi...

Monday, February 27, 2023

ADEME launches a programme to quantify microplastics in the environment

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In March 2022, the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) launched a call for research projects ...

Monday, February 27, 2023

Celyscence by Clariant: the zombie cells eraser

Celyscence is a COSMOS-approved natural active that targets senescent cells through a multiple-actions pathway. Thanks to this broad action range, it ...