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Excessive cadmium exposure: Cosmetics account for... very little indeedSubscribers only

In a report whose findings were published on March 25, 2026, ANSES confirms that the French population is overexposed to cadmium, a trace metal classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxic to reproduction. The result: while diet is the primary source of exposure, cosmetics also play a role—albeit a minor one—in consumer exposure.

PIFs for small cosmetics companies: 4 out of 5 are incompleteSubscribers only

During an investigation targeting very small businesses in the French cosmetics sector, the DGCCRF noted an overall insufficient level of knowledge and understanding of regulatory provisions among these small operators new to the market, emphasizing that they are, by definition, at higher risk of non-compliance and ignorance of regulations.

The issues surrounding a classification of sodium fluorideSubscribers only

On 18 December 2025, the French ANSES published an article on its website explaining the reasons that led it to propose a CLH classification of sodium fluoride as ED HH 1 and Repr. 1B. The information was widely reported in the mainstream media, prompting FEBEA to issue a clarification.

2nd update of ED Lists for 2025Subscribers only

Since 2020, the “Endocrine Disruptor Lists” website, drawn up and updated twice a year by five national authorities from European Union Member States, has been listing substances proven or suspected to act as endocrine disruptors. The latest update was published this December 2025.

Combating greenwashing: a update from the DGCCRFSubscribers only

During an online morning session on “new horizons in the fight against greenwashing,” the DGCCRF provided an update on its inspections for 2023 and 2024. The results show that more than 15% of the professionals inspected had committed serious violations.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Results of the DGCCRF controls on cosmeticsSubscribers only
On February 8, 2017, the DGCCRF (French General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs, and Fraud Control), published the results of the...
Monday, January 16, 2017
ANSM's injunction to Nature & Découvertes
It is in the name of"non-compliance and significant breaches" that the ANSM has just sent Nature & Découvertes an injunction to bring its Toussus-...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
ANSM: results of the 2016 controls on cosmetics (2/2)Subscribers only
At the regulatory congress organized by the Cosmetic Valley in Chartres, France, in November 2016, Sophie Roques-Violin and Vanessa Picot, both from t...
Monday, January 9, 2017
ANSM: results of the 2016 controls on cosmetics (1/2)Subscribers only
At the regulatory congress organized by the Cosmetic Valley in Chartres, France, in November 2016, Sophie Roques-Violin, Director of the Market Survei...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Cosmetic counterfeiting: French customs crackdownSubscribers only
The National Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations (DNRED) announced on 4 January that it had searched two laboratories manufacturing...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
DGCCRF: results of the 2016 controls on cosmeticsSubscribers only
At the Cosmetic Valley regulatory congress in Chartres in November 2016, Raphaëlle Bove, Director of the Health Products and Services & Human Serv...
Monday, August 22, 2016
Cosmetics in the ANSM activity report 2015Subscribers only
At the beginning of August, the ANSM (Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé) published its activity report for the year ...
Monday, August 22, 2016
Artificial nails: risks and precautions to take
The products and techniques used to apply or remove artificial nails are not risk-free for natural nails or the tissues around them. These practices a...
Monday, August 1, 2016
ANSM: a wave of injunctions to cosmetic companiesSubscribers only
At the end of July, the ANSM is updating its files and has just published no less than four decisions ordering the companies concerned to comply with ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Skin whitening products: the DGCCRF alert
The DGCCRF once again draws consumers' attention to the use of lightening creams, products that can be dangerous, especially when they contain prohibi...
Thursday, April 28, 2016
2015 DGCCRF review: key elements for the cosmetic industrySubscribers only
Since the entry into force of the Consumer Affairs Act of 17 March 2014 (the"Hamon Act"), the powers of the General Directorate for Competition, Consu...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The ANSM bans cosmetics JF Lazartigue manufactured in Trappes
This ANSM decision is dated 12 April 2016. It orders the suspension of the manufacture, export, distribution and placing on the market of cosmetic pro...
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