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In a press release made public on 7 January 2020, the FRC (French-speaking Consumers’ Federation) denounces the “timidity” of the Swiss Federal Counci...

Initially a source of disgust, bacteria are now widely used by the scientific community, including in cosmetic research. For a few years now, ingredie...

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 ...

In hair salons, brands imagine tailor-made hydration, adapted to different hair thicknesses, textures and types. In pharmacies and supermarkets, a cle...

Every week, the RAPEX (European system for the rapid exchange of information on dangerous products) system publishes notifications of urgent measures ...

Because the sustainability of raw materials is as important to consumers as the efficiency of finished products, manufacturers are increasingly concer...

It is a report by the DGCCRF, published on 16 December 2019, which alerts consumers to the reliability of some marketplaces on the Internet. “Some sel...

This ISO standard, intended for the cosmetics industry, specifies a method for the in vivo determination of the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of sun pro...

Volume 122 of the recently published IARC Monographs contains the results of the carcinogenicity assessment of six substances, including two acrylates...

As part of its partnership with CosmeticOBS, Business France reminds us that the Office of the United States Trade Representative has published a noti...

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

It was through an amendment (CD1857) to the law on the fight against waste and the circular economy that the ban on microplastics in rinse-off and lea...

At the end of 2019, ANSES (National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety) published its work programme for 2020, which se...

What should we be prepared for in terms of consumer expectations in 2020? According to GlobalData, the focus will be on holistic wellness and natural ...

ANSM has just published a Decision, dated December 26, 2019, which suspends the marketing and distribution, and orders the withdrawal of cosmetic and ...

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 ...

Removal of microplastics in formulas, nano-registrations, Brexit, ingredients under evaluation by the SCCS, new restrictions for D4 and D5 or Climbazo...

Liquid, sauna, bright red, made of cotton woven with gold threads or seaweed leaves… Imagination has no limits in this highly creative sector of facia...

It was on a referral from the Senate’s Social Affairs Committee, dated 11 December 2018, that the French Court of Auditors carried out an investigatio...

European Union legislation on chemicals has been developed at different times and, in some cases, with different objectives. Different regulatory appr...

Recently, cannabis and its derivatives have found a prominent place in the cosmetics industry. This market represents $12 billion worldwide, according...

The SCCS has just published its Opinion on the safety of the preservative and anti-dandruff agent Zinc Pyrithione in cosmetic products, on behalf of t...

The SCCS has just published its final Opinions on the safety of UV-Filter Methoxypropylamino Cyclohexenylidene Ethoxyethylcyanoacetate (S87) and hair ...

For several years, the issue of corporate social responsibility in the cosmetics industry has been one of the hot topics. The majority of the actors i...