Laws & regulations
Brazil: Anvisa updates definition and labelling rules for sun products
Brazil’s National Agency for Health Surveillance (Anvisa) recently published a new regulation (RDC 126/2016) providing a new definition...
Zinc oxide makes official entry into the list of UV filters approved in the EU
The European Commission has added zinc oxide - in both its nano and non-nano forms - to Annex VI of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, thus...
Audit of cosmetics advertising practices shows high compliance level
An independent audit of cosmetics advertisements on television and print in media across six European countries conducted by the European...
Cosmetics under fire: What is the impact on consumers and the industry?
After Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF), which targeted baby cosmetics, French consumers action group UFC-Que Choisir made a lot...
USA: Ban on microplastic beans in rinsed-off cosmetics
On Monday, December 28, 2015, President Obama signed into law the bill H.R. 1321 phasing out the production and sale in the USA of...
North America on the way to ban plastic microbeads in cosmetics
In the wake of Illinois, several North American states have voted or are considering measures to prohibit plastic microbeads in...
USA: What’s in the Personal Care Products Safety Act ?
Senators Dianne Feinstein (Democrats, California) and Susan Collins (Republicans, Maine) recently introduced the Personal Care Products...
UEAPME, IFRA and Cosmebio recommend a pragmatic approach to labelling of fragrance allergens
In a common position paper, UEAPME, the employers’ organisation representing small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe, the...
Cosmed calls for a simplification of the Cosmetics Regulation
On the occasion of the visit to France on 16 and 17 February of Franz Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission and the...
Brazilian health agency simplifies registration of cosmetic products
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (in Portuguese, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, ANVISA) recently published new...
