From August 17, 2022, China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) is seeking public comments on draft the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Production and Operation of Cosmetics.
On July 28, 2022, Indonesia published the finalized amendment to Technical Requirements for Cosmetics Ingredients. The amendment contains 231 newly prohibited and 17 newly permitted ingredients in the national chemicals Inventory.
3-Cyclohexene-1-carboxaldehyde, 1-ethenyl- was evaluated for genotoxicity, repeated dose toxicity, reproductive toxicity, local respiratory toxicity, phototoxicity/photoallergenicity, skin sensitization, and environmental safety.
With trending of influential videos and other digital material, content on social media promoting use of oil-, mud- or sand-based "natural" sunscreen, skin care experts now are coming up with clarifications on whether such claims of natural sunscreen and skin care products are more effective over
Wide range of sunscreen such as mineral, chemical, hybrid formula, etc. are avaibale in the market. Experts say that chemical sunscreens get absorbed into the skin whereas physical sunscreens simply sit on the skin and act like a shield.
In order to curb "parallel imports" of various consumer goods such as cosmetics, Chinese regulatory authorities have been actively hunting for violators of the regulatory frameworks using loopholes in the national trademarks law.
In a recent report published by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, it was urged that U.S.
With an aim to explore the metal content in the most-consumed moisturising creams in Spain and to verify their degree of compliance with EU Regulation (EC) No.
On August 10, 2022, the UK's Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published new guidance for the UKCA mark. It applies to aerosol products that previously required the ‘reverse epsilon’ marking and now require CE marking.
On August 17, 2022, Taiwan FDA amended safety guidelines for cosmetics for children. For children under 3 years old, the number of bacteria should be below 100 CFU/g or CFU/mL, and Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans shall not be detected.