Prohibition of Zinc Pyrithione and Other Chemicals Takes Effect on March 1 At the end of October, the EU published Regulation 2021/1902 to modify Annexes II, III, and V of the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. According to the Regulation, 23 chemicals with carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic effects (CMR chemicals) may not be used in cosmetics after...
As the first state in the United States to do so, California has prohibited as of 2025 the manufacture and sale of cosmetics that contain certain hazardous chemicals. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the new law (AB 2762) on September 30. The ban covers the following chemicals and chemical groups, all of...
According to Regulation 2019/1966 of November 27, Annexes II, III, and V of the Cosmetics Regulation No. 1223/2009 have been changed. The modification takes effect on May 1, 2020. Annex II, which lists the substances forbidden in cosmetics, now includes several carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic (CMR) chemicals. According to Article 15 of the Cosmetics Regulation, CMR chemicals are absolutely forbidden. CMR...
EU Regulation 2018/35 modifying Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 took effect on February 1. The regulation immediately restricts the marketing and sale of two siloxanes (octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane: D4 and decamethylcyclopentasiloxane: D5) in a concentration equal to or greater than 0.1% by weight in rinse-off cosmetics. That’s as good as a total prohibition. Two years ago, the ECHA’s Member State Committee (MSC) approved...
On November 27, the EU Commission approved EU Regulation 2019/1966, which expands and corrects Annexes II, III, and V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (1223/2009). Among other actions, the EU included 12 carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reproductive toxicants (CMRs) to Annex II (list of substances prohibited in cosmetics) of the Cosmetics Regulation. Furthermore, the EU updated Annex III and set to limits...
A U.S. firm, Beauty Plus Global Inc., has recalled four cosmetics products after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that they were contaminated with asbestos, a carcinogenic substance. On its Web site, the FDA emphasized that the company recalled the products voluntarily. Nevertheless, the matter is hardly an individual case....
As of August 23, 2019, cosmetics containing Lyral may not be marketed. That’s the content of EU Regulation 2017/1410 of the Commission, dated August 2, 2017. Article 2 of the Regulation also forbids any sales of cosmetics that contain the fragrance in the UE market after August 23, 2021. In its opinion paper of June 26–27, 2019, the Scientific Committee…
The Turkish health ministry has aligned its legal regulations on cosmetics with the requirements of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (only in Turkish). The following concrete changes result: Turkey prohibits 2-chloro-p-phenylenediamine along with its sulphate and dihydrochloride salts in hair, eyebrow, and eyelash-dye products. Turkey limits the use of 1-(4-chlorophenoxy)-1-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone (Climbazole) in dandruff shampoos…
In particular, tooth whiteners are often deficient. A CMR substance, sodium perborate (German only), was found in one sample, and an excessive amount of hydrogen peroxide was found in another. Those are the findings the Official Cosmetics Control Laboratories (OCCLs) discovered in a market surveillance project in 2013-17. The European…
On May 22, 2019, the EU Commission published Regulation (EU) 2019/831 that modifies Annexes II, III and V of Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 in the Official Journal of the EU. The modifications include the addition of 226 carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reproductive toxic substances to Annex II of the Cosmetics Products Regulation. With the modifications, the EU, as noted under Section 3, is seeking uniform implementation of…
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