Ingredients:News

REACH restriction on Octocrylene: ECHA SEAC final Opinion

At its meeting on September 15–16, 2026, ECHA’s SEAC (Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis) adopted its final opinion on the proposal to restrict octocrylene, submitted by France.

Measuring benzene in sunscreens: the Australian TGA shares its method

The TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration), which regulates cosmetic products in Australia, made available its analytical method for detecting and quantifying benzene residues in suncare products. Professionals are encouraged to use it as part of their routine quality control procedures.

Beauty goes green, but can you prove it? New rules on environmental claims take effect

The European Union initiated a set of legislative acts aimed at improving consumer protection and ensuring reliability sustainability-related declarations.

Rosin and its derivatives, propylparaben, and spearmint essential oil: ECHA’s RAC adopts its opinions

ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) has just published the minutes of the 78th meeting of its RAC (Risk Assessment Committee), which took place in early September 2026. Opinions on several cosmetic ingredients were adopted, resulting in four classifications as reprotoxic and one as an environmental endocrine disruptor.

Consultation in Australia on 4-MBC

On 11 September 2026, the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration), which regulates cosmetic products in Australia, launched a one-month consultation on the conditions of use for the UV filter 4-MBC (4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor).

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

HC Yellow No.16, HC Red No.18: Opinions of the SCCS

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The SCCS has just published its Opinions on hair dye cosmetic ingredients HC Yellow No.16 and HC Red No.18, adopted at the plenary meeting on 15 Decem...

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Methylisothiazolinone: Banned in Europe in leave-in cosmetics in the course of 2016

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The European Commission has just transmitted to WTO a draft Regulation aimed to amend Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 (list of allowed p...

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

o-Phenylphenol and its salts: the SCCS revises its Opinion

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On June 25, 2015, the SCCS has adopted an Opinion on the cosmetic ingredients o-Phenylphenol, Sodium o-phenylphenate, and Potassium o-phenylphenate. T...

Monday, January 11, 2016

Trace level of 1,4-Dioxane: request for Opinion to SCCS

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The acceptable and safe trace level of 1,4-Dioxane in cosmetic products, and the conclusions of the ICCR's report on this topic will be formally evalu...

Monday, January 11, 2016

Algae to mimic the caloric restriction process: a new anti-aging cosmetics strategy

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There is a passion going on in the world of cosmetics for micro-organisms and other bacteria, both those that are found in the environment and those t...

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

HEPB as a preservative: request for Opinion to SCCS

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The safety of Hydroxyethoxyphenyl Butanone, currently listed as a skin conditioning agent, will be evaluated regarding its use as a preservative by th...

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Plastic microbeads banned from cosmetics in United States

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President Barack Obama signed it on December 28, 2015: the ban of plastic microbeads in cosmetic products became a law in the United States with the M...

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Coatings forTiO2 [nano], C183: two request for Opinion to SCCS

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The safety of three coatings for Titanium dioxide (nano form) and of a new hair dye will be evaluated by the SCCS. The requests from the European Comm...

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The SCCS revises 5 Opinion and finalizes the one on MI

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On December 15, 2015, during its plenary meeting, the SCCS revised (slightly) four Opinions on the hair dye ingredients HC Yellow No. 17, HC Red No. 1...

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Titanium dioxide [nano] in Annex VI in 2016

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The European Commission transmitted to WTO a draft regulation aimed to amend Annex VI to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. On the agenda: the entry ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Nanomaterials: an update on the situation in Europe and around the world

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More than two years after the Cosmetics Regulation came into force, nanomaterials are part of the cosmetics ingredients whose status, and sometimes fu...

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Preservatives: we’re in the midst of a crisis!

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We all know it, preservatives are often badly thought of, and regulatory changes are usually not favourable to them… so much that the cosmetics indust...