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What does the future hold for palm oil in cosmetics?

During the 5th edition of the Lipids & Cosmetics Congress, held on January 28 and 29, 2026, a round table discussion was organized on the theme “Palm oil: what does the future hold?” Hervé Plessis, CEO of Stéarinerie Dubois, Philippe Guariloff of Chanel, Julie Cortal of Nopalm Ingredients, Antoine Piccirilli, Scientific Director of La Fabrique Végétale, and Marie-Odile Hecht, Director of Cosmoya, outlined possible answers to this question.

MoCRA enforcement in the USA: a status update

It is two years old, but the implementation of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), the regulatory framework for cosmetics in the United States, has not yet reached full maturity. Some rules are still missing, while the implications of those already in effect can be measured. At the 23rd Cosmetic Valley Regulatory Issues - Fragrances & Cosmetics Congress held on November 19 a...

A world tour of allergen labelling

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held on 19 and 20 November 2025, Linh de Beaucorps and Juliette Blès from FEBEA revisited the issue of international acceptance of mandatory European labelling for “new” allergens, providing an update on the situation in different countries and geographical areas.

Fragrance ingredients under the spotlight

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held by Cosmetic Valley on November 19 and 20, 2025, Frédéric Lebreux, Head of Human Safety Sciences at Givaudan, presented an overview of fragrance ingredients “under the spotlight” in Europe, whether or not they are targeted for classification as CMRs.

Some information about IFRA 52

At the 23rd Regulatory Issues Conference - Perfumes & Cosmetics held on November 19 and 20, 2025, Frédéric Lebreux, Head of Human Safety Sciences at Givaudan, presented an overview of fragrance ingredients “under the spotlight,” whose conditions of use are set to change or which are threatened with prohibition. He began by providing an overview of the upcoming changes to IFRA Standards.

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Preserving preservatives: the Cosmetics Europe action plan

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They are suspicious in the eyes of consumers and at the heart of the attention of the authorities, who are tending to regulate and limit them more and...

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The value of cosmetovigilance

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Article 23 of the Cosmetics Regulation requires the communication of serious adverse reactions related to the use of cosmetics to the control authorit...

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Perfumes: the regulatory requirements

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Alcohol, fragrance composition and its related ingredients… a perfume is a particular cosmetic product, which depends of course on Cosmetics Regulatio...

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Reduce surfactants? The Greentech's solution

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When it’s less, it’s better? This is sometimes also true in cosmetics. Raw material suppliers are therefore competing with each other in their imagina...

Monday, December 17, 2018

United States: towards a tightening of cosmetics regulations?

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Unlike some countries, the cosmetics regulations in the United States are considered to be quite flexible. This “laxity” is not to the liking of some ...

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

ANSM: review of inspections in 2018

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At the Chartres congress organised by de la Cosmetic Valley, which took place on 14 and 15 November 2018, the supervisory authorities are still taking...

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Safety assessment, Brexit, International regulations: the FEBEA's answers

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The last part of the report of the traditional Q&A session, which closes the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes and Cosmetics Congress every year. The FEBEA...

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Controversial ingredients, Cosmetics Regulation and ISO Standard16128: the FEBEA's answers

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During the traditional Q&A that closes the Cosmetic Valley Perfumes and Cosmetics Congress every year, FEBEA’s scientific, regulatory, environment...

Monday, December 3, 2018

When cosmetic ingredients are governed by other regulations

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It is not absurd to think that the ingredients used in cosmetic products are totally governed by Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, its provisions and ob...

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Cosmetic claims: the FEBEA's answers during Cosmetic Valley's Congress

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No less than 19 questions on the theme of cosmetic claims were asked by participants to the FEBEA’s scientific, regulatory, environmental and internat...

Monday, November 26, 2018

Review of DGCCRF's 2017/2018 controls

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As every year, the first day of the Perfumes & Cosmetics congress, which was held in Chartres on November 14 and 15, 2018, ended with the interven...

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

China: on the road to new regulations (2/2)

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Complex regulations, burdensome administrative procedures, some of the longest registration times in the world, impossibility of using new ingredients...