Ingredients:News

p-Cymene, Burgeonal group, Silver Nitrate...: the Opinion of the GB HSE

On 2 April 2026, the HSE (Health and Safety Executive), the agency responsible for the CLP Regulation in Great Britain, published its Opinions on the harmonised classification and labelling of several cosmetic ingredients in the GB MCL (Mandatory Classification and Labelling), the equivalent of Annex VI of the European CLP Regulation. Many are in line with the corresponding opinions of ECHA’s RAC, but not all…

Allergens: Canada updates the Cosmetic Notification Form

As announced, Health Canada has just updated its Cosmetics Notification Form to reflect its new “flexible approach” regarding the disclosure of the concentration information of certain fragrance allergens.

CLH classifications: Intention for Climbazole, proposal for Benzylhemiformal

On 1 April 2026, ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) announced that two preservatives used in cosmetics were the subject of an intention for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) (for Climbazole) and a classification proposal (for Benzylhemiformal).

IARC classifies Butyraldehyde in Group 2B

On March 27, 2026, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced the publication in The Lancet Oncology of the results of its assessment of the carcinogenicity of Butyraldehyde, a fragrance ingredient.

Restrictions on PFAS in Europe: moving towards a ban with no exemptions for cosmetics

The lengthy process of restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Europe is entering its final stages. The opinion of the RAC (Risk Assessment Committee) and the draft opinion of the SEAC (Socio-Economic Analysis Committee) of ECHA have now been published, and the public consultation on the latter is open until 25 May 2026.

Monday, June 27, 2022

Request to the SCCS to re-evaluate the safety of Titanium Dioxide

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Following the EFSA (European Food Safety Agency) opinion concluding that titanium dioxide was not considered safe as a food additive, the European Com...

Monday, June 27, 2022

Silver Zinc Zeolite: request for Opinion to the SCCS

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Following the submission of a safety dossier by industry, the European Commission has now asked the SCCS to assess the safety of Silver Zinc Zeolite, ...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Proposed CLH classification for Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate

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On 14 June 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a consultation on a harmonised classification and labelling proposal from Austria for t...

Monday, June 20, 2022

Endocrine disrupting ingredients in cosmetics

The European Commission having concluded that the framework of Regulation 1223/2009 was sufficient to manage the risk that endocrine disruptors may re...

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

The European Commission publishes its new Recommendation on the definition of nanomaterials

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On 14 June 2022, the new Commission Recommendation on the definition of nanomaterial was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This...

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Cosmetic ingredients containing aluminium

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Which cosmetic ingredients may contain aluminium? If it is easy to identify those whose INCI name contains the word “Aluminum”, others appear much mor...

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Global Bioenergies' biobased isododecane in L'Oréal formulations

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Less than two months after the commissioning of the Pomacle commercial production unit, Global Bioenergies has received its first orders totalling sev...

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Aluminium: the new (preliminary) Opinion of the SCCS

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Following the mandate given by the European Commission to the SCCS in May 2021 to extend the safety assessment of aluminium compounds to other product...

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Reminder: new hair dye bans/restrictions come into force

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On this 3 June 2022, new bans and restrictions under EU Regulation 2020/1683 come into force for several hair dye ingredients. This is the last stage ...

Monday, May 30, 2022

Corrigendum to Regulation 2022/692 (18th ATP of the CLP)

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On 25 May 2022, the Commission published a Corrigendum to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 of 16 February 2022, which constitutes the 18th ATP (Adap...

Monday, May 30, 2022

L'Oréal introduces "its biggest suncare innovation in 30 years"

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After 10 years of research, L’Oréal introduces UVMune 400 its breakthrough sun filtering technology that effectively protects the skin against insidio...

Monday, May 23, 2022

Proposed CLH classification for Nitrous Oxide

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On 16 May 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a consultation on a harmonised classification and labelling proposal from France for the...