The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has issued a preliminary opinion on benzophenone-4, a UV filter used in cosmetic products.
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The European Commission for Safety and Health (SCCS) has evaluated the genotoxicity potential of various titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades used in oral cosmetic products.
The French Government has released a draft Decree to the EU Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) aimed at establishing a new framework for labelling requirements for cosmetic products sold in bulk.
The French Government has announced a draft Ordinance to transfer the Competent Authority for cosmetics from the National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) to the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cosmetics Europe opposes the proposed ban on environmental claims for products containing hazardous substances.
This Guidance has updated the current Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) Guidance on the Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials (NMs) in Cosmetics and on the Safety Assessment of NMs in Cosmetic Products.
The SCCS/1633/21 Opinion determined that Methyl Salicylate in toothpaste up to a maximum concentration of 2.52% is safe for children under the age of six.
Product safety is regulated in the UK by market surveillance bodies such as the Office for Product Safety and Standards and Local Authority Trading Standards.
Through this call, interested parties will be given the opportunity to provide their opinions and thoughts as well as supplementary facts to back up their remarks.
The Northern Ireland Protocol was replaced with a reference to the Windsor Framework in the statutory guidance for the UK Cosmetics Regulation (UKCR), which is applicable in Great Britain (GB), and the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation (EU CPR), whi