Laws & regulations
Endocrine disrupters: the French Parliament reaffirms the precautionary principle
Endocrine disruptors are once again under French parliamentarians’ watchful eyes. After the controversy that followed the vote of a bill...
US industry criticizes bill to reform cosmetics legislation
The updated version of the Safe Cosmetics Act, which was reintroduced in the House of Representatives at the end of June, is meeting...
New cosmetics regulations, what is the impact on the industry’s everyday business?
The cosmetics industry has to cope with the pros and cons generated by regulations like REACH for chemical substances or like the...
FDA issues new sunscreen rules
New rules aim at strengthening the information of consumers on products’ spectrum and scope of efficacy. They also increase requirements...
Parabens: the debate continues in France
French manufacturers are concerned about the possible consequences resulting from the proposed bill aiming to ban some families of...
Alternative methods to animal tests not fully available by 2013
Despite substantial progress over the past years, experts say that alternative methods to fully replace animal tests in the European...
French cosmetics makers face MPs vote
French MPs have passed a bill that would ban immediately in all consumer products, three categories of substances identified as endocrine...
Sweden: Controls detect large numbers of non-compliant products
The Swedish medical products agency (Läkemedelsverket) indicates that numerous products on the market do not comply with current...
Intertek wants to partner with brands for quality and safety
Intertek, the specialist in quality control and product safety, has been formally entrusted along with SGS, with the control for...
UK to tackle misleading retouched cosmetics ads
The British bodies regulating advertising practices have published a new advertising guidance that aimed to bring greater clarity for the...
