Ingredients:News

IFRA 52: the end-of-consultation letter

On 31 August 2026, the IFRA (International Fragrance Association) issued its End-of-Consultation Letter on the 52nd Amendment to its Standards, the consultation period for which ended on 12 June.

Capric Acid: intention to amend the CLH classification

On 2 September 2026, ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) announced Austria’s intention to introduce an amendment to the harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) for decanoic acid.

The British SAG-CS has published seven new Opinions

During the summer of 2026, the U.K.’s SAG-CS (Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety), the equivalent of the European SCCS, published the conclusions of its final opinions issued from December 2025 through June 2026. Not all of these conclusions are aligned with those of the European SCCS.

Climbazole: proposal of CLH classification

On 19 August 2026, ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) forwarded Belgium’s proposal for the harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of Climbazole, a preservative.

Sorbic Acid: Intention of CLH classification

On 19 August 2026, ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) announced Germany’s intention to introduce an harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) for sorbic acid.

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...

Monday, May 16, 2022

4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor : the SCCS final Opinion

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Following the mandate given by the European Commission to the SCCS in the context of the safety assessment of substances with potential endocrine disr...

Monday, May 9, 2022

Publication of the 18th ATP of the CLP

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The Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 of 16 February 2022 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 3 May 2022. It is the 1...

Monday, May 9, 2022

European Commission call for data on salicylic esters

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On 5 April 2022, the European Commission launched a call for data to identify salicylic esters used in cosmetic products, in particular those that are...