The European Commission (EC) has amended Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 on cosmetics to amend the entry concerning titanium dioxide and its nano form. The EC published Regulation (EU) 2019/1857 on November 6, 2019, following opinion SCCS/1580/16 of the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). The SCCS determined that face products […]

On November 6, 2019, the European Commission amended Annex V of Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 on cosmetics to allow the use of Hydroxyethoxyphenyl Butanone (HEPB) as a preservative. HEPB (4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) butan-2-one) has the function of preservative and skin conditioning. Its approval for use as a preservative in rinse-off, oral care and leave-on cosmetic products, to

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has updated its Guidelines on Limits of Contaminants for Cosmetics to Version 3.0. At the 30th ASEAN Cosmetic Scientific Body (ACSB), held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, June 18-19, 2019, it was decided that a trace impurity limit for 1,4-dioxane should be included in the Guidelines. The new