by delphic-admin | Jun 24, 2023 | North America
Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced a suite of four bills seeking to ban concerning chemicals from personal care products and require greater ingredient transparency. The “Safer Beauty Bill Package” would impose bans on 11 types of chemicals (HR3619),...
by delphic-admin | Jun 24, 2023 | Africa
Botswana and Burkina Faso, on behalf of the African parties to the Minamata Convention, have proposed making an amendment to eliminate the use of mercury in cosmetics – such as skin lightening products – by 2025, to address growing health concerns. The countries are...
by delphic-admin | Jun 24, 2023 | UK
As of 31st May, both UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are in force. To help businesses use the deals, the UK Government published a toolkit (can be accessed here) for using the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand FTAs, which has been developed...
by delphic-admin | Jun 24, 2023 | UK
Background Information The UK cosmetics industry voluntarily stopped animal testing on cosmetic products in 1998, around a decade before the ban was introduced across Europe. The bans under the UK and EU Cosmetics Regulations mean that for cosmetics sold in the UK,...
by delphic-admin | May 28, 2023 | Europe
A REACH Restriction, banning the use of solid synthetic polymeric ingredients in consumer products of any kind (which includes cosmetic products) is currently under development within the EU. The Restriction proposal has now been voted by the EU REACH Committee. See...