The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) first assessed the safety of phenylene bisdiphenyltriazine (S86) as a UV filter in sunscreen products in a concentration of up to 10% back in 2015, concluding that it could have genotoxic and phototoxic potential and that an adequate physico-chemical characterization should be provided.
EU Commission issued an official notice to cosmetics product manufacturers in run up to Brexit. Key items include labelling, notification, and information file.
Read more on the new bans on the use of preservatives in cosmetic products.
The use of Tagetes erecta flower extract, Tagetes erecta flower oil and of Tagetes minuta, patula extracts and flower oils in cosmetic products is now prohibited. Read more about it here.
“Nanomaterial” means an insoluble or biopersistent and intentionally manufactured material on a scale from 1 to 100 nm. Read on the necessary notification time.
New updates to technical documentation on cosmetic product claims limits the use of 'free of' claims and statements on products placed on the EU market.
The European Commission has amended Annex VI of the Cosmetics Regulation in June this year in what concerns the entry of the nano-sized UV filter called Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol (MBBT).
Find out more about the Climbazole, the common ingredient used in cosmetics as preservative.
An overview of the talking points and key topics from this years' Cosmetics Europe Annual Conference, with concerns raised by the EU Commission.
The ECHA, under the CoRAP plan, are evaluating risk assessment practices and requirements for substances used in cosmetic products throughout Europe.