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, January 16, 2017

Preservatives PHMB and HEPB: two Opinions of the SCCS

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The SCCS has just published its Opinions on the safety of two cosmetic preservatives, the Polyaminopropyl biguanide (PHMB) and the Ethylzingerone - Hy...

Friday, January 13, 2017

Phenoxyethanol, EcoG+, Vitamin A: Final Opinions of the SCCS

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On 6 October 2016, during its plenary meeting, the SCCS adopted the final versions of its Opinions on two preservatives – Phenoxyethanol and EcoG+ – a...

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Functional ingredients as SPF boosters

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The performance of a sunscreen product and the level of its SPF do not only depend on the mixture of UV-filters in the formula. That is what Laurent B...

Monday, January 9, 2017

Ban of three fragrance allergens in… 4 years!

The European Union has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation to ban the use of three fragrance allergens in cosmetic products. The text should en...

Monday, January 2, 2017

Heavy metals: from omnipresence to measurement

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In the field of cosmetics, heavy metals are unfailingly associated with the notion of technically inevitable traces… although they are to be reduced t...

Friday, December 16, 2016

Tagetes: Consultation by the European Commission

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On 14 December 2016, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on its proposal to make regulations evolve as regard the cosmetic ingr...

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Denmark calls the European Commission to maintain the automatic ban on CMRs in cosmetics

Since 2010 there has been an automatic ban on CMR substances in cosmetics throughout the European Union. According to the Danish Minister for Environm...

Monday, December 12, 2016

Preservatives: the cosmetics industry’s defence strategy

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For the second year in a row, Sylvie Cupferman, Member of Cosmetics Europe's Expert Team Product Preservation and Microbiology International Director ...

Monday, December 12, 2016

Ban on microbeads in France: decree sent to the WTO

France has just sent the WTO a draft decree defining the conditions for the application of the provisions to ban rinsed-off cosmetic products containi...

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Restriction of MI in rinse-off products in 2017

The European Union has just transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed at restricting the use of methylisothiazolinone as a preservative in rinse-off...

Monday, November 28, 2016

Coatings forTiO2 [nano]: Opinion of the SCCS

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The SCCS published its Opinion on the safety of three new coatings for Titanium dioxide (nano form) for their use in cosmetic products, adopted by wri...

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Furfural: Consultation by European Commission

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On 17 November 2016, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on its proposal to make regulations evolve as regard the cosmetic ingr...