Ingredients:News

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).

IFRA 52: the end-of-consultation letter

On 31 August 2026, the IFRA (International Fragrance Association) issued its End-of-Consultation Letter on the 52nd Amendment to its Standards, the consultation period for which ended on 12 June.

Monday, October 11, 2021

The regulatory future of endocrine disruptors

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Numerous actions are planned within the framework of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability drawn up by the European Commission. Some of them will ...

Monday, October 4, 2021

BHT: the SCCS preliminary Opinion

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Following the mandate given by the European Commission to the SCCS in the context of the safety assessment of substances with potential endocrine disr...

Monday, October 4, 2021

Prostaglandin analogues: the SCCS preliminary Opinion

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Following the alert from the German BfR and the subsequent call for data, the European Commission mandated the SCCS to assess the safety of prostaglan...

Monday, October 4, 2021

Environmental impacts: how to choose the right ingredients

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What ingredients should be used in the eco-design of a product? What criteria should be used to choose them? How can the environmental impact of a pro...

Monday, October 4, 2021

The Givaudan Sericoside: a cellular youth reprogrammer

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Obtained by green fractionation of the root bark of Terminalia sericea, a Tanzanian tree, this active ingredient acts at the genetic level to reprogra...

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Samphira Oil Bioactive: the CODIF natural and organic retinol like active ingredient

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Obtained from rock samphire, Samphira Oil Bioactive is a natural and organic certified retinol like active ingredient, transformed through the supercr...

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

A new guide from ECHA on classifying and labelling TiO2

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This ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) guide is designed to help companies and national authorities understand how mixtures containing titanium dioxide...

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Reminder: entry into application of the Carc.2 (inhalation) classification for TiO2

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On this 1 October 2021, two European Regulations come into force: the 14th ATP (Adaptation to Technical and scientific Progress) of the CLP Regulation...

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Brazil updates its list of authorised preservatives

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On 13 September 2021, Brazil notified the WTO of its Resolution No.528, adopted on 4 August to internalise Mercosur Resolution No.35/20, which establi...

Monday, September 20, 2021

A cleaner hair, for longer with Nutrinvent Balance by Croda

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Based on a novel encapsulation technology, this active launched by Croda allows a targeted delivery and a controlled release of “anti-oily hair” activ...

Monday, September 20, 2021

Zanthalene by Givaudan: a comforting phyto-botox active ingredient

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Crafted by green fractionation, Zanthalene is a scalable natural active ingredient with botox-like efficacy and skin sensitivity modulation benefits. ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Corrigendum to Regulation 2021/1099

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At the beginning of July 2021, the European Commission published Regulation 2021/1099, which amends Annexes II (prohibited substances) and III (restri...