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As part of its partnership with CosmeticOBS, Business France announces that, on December 31, 2019, China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) ann...

The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) has just published a report in which it describes a new method for assessing the bioaccumulation...

Some of the Opinions of the European Commission’s non-food Scientific Committees are presented in a format and language which can be easily understood...

The first half of January always marks a period expected by ingredient suppliers. This is when the Cosmétagora trade show, dedicated to cosmetic raw m...

The DGCCRF has just issued a recall notice for Oh K! Hair Masks, due to the presence of a toxic substance.

You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban ...

It is because of “non-compliances and significant deficiencies” that the ANSM has just sent to Alcia Laboratoires company a compliance injunction conc...

After many twists and turns, the Brexit is here.
Multiple scenarios have been studied, but as of January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom is indeed leavin...

Be my Valentine! Unlike Advent calendars or boxes, Valentine’s Day does not take the path of CSR, but is a pretext for many variations celebrating lov...

According to The NPD Group, sales of moisturizing facial creams and serums in the selective circuit increased by 7% in value in France between January...

The Millenials (or Generation Y) have fascinated the beauty industry for several years now. Born between 1980 and the year 2000, they have their own w...

The objective of ISO 17516:2014 - Microbiology - Microbiological limits, is to define acceptable quantitative and qualitative limits for finished cosm...

This is the second study sponsored by the US Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) on the subject. It measured the concentration in the plasma of six ...

It’s become an institution. Every year, in mid-January, the SFC brings together all the ingredient suppliers to present their latest actives ingredien...

You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban ...

To fight against bad buzz and restore consumer confidence, the cosmetics industry has chosen to be less opaque and to say more about how it works. Som...

Flowers haven’t said their last word! Although they have always had an intimate connection with beauty, until now they have been flowering more in per...

The 12th edition of Cosmetagora, organized by the French Society of Cosmetology, took place on 14 and January 2020. In addition to being able to prese...

As part of its partnership with CosmeticOBS, Business France announces that the majority of chemical ingredients in cosmetic products are exempt from ...

Greentech Laboratories, in association with Deinove, are positioning themselves in the “ageing well” segment. Convinced that “positive ageing” is tomo...

Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as fluoroalkyl, are an important group of substances used in a wide range of cosmetic products....

You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban ...

Founded in Geneva in 1973, IFRA is the International Fragrance Association, the official international body representing the fragrance industry. Its m...

The SCCS has just published its Opinion on the safety of the hair dye ingredient Indigofera Tinctoria. It was adopted on 10 January 2020 by written pr...