24 cosmetic ingredients ban plan in Thailand

24 cosmetic ingredients ban plan in Thailand

Thailand’s FDA had proposed ingredients to prohibit and restrict, along with suggested new warning label suggestions. This will align Thailand’s regulation with that of the ASEAN’s cosmetic scientific body. Most entries suggested match those added to the ASEAN...
OPSS Calls for interest on several ingredients

OPSS Calls for interest on several ingredients

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has called for a call for interest for many ingredients suspected to have endocrine disrupting properties. A call for interest was launched on the 9th of October 2025, as some of the ingredients below are suspected to...
ASEAN bans two ingredients in cosmetic products

ASEAN bans two ingredients in cosmetic products

Substance:  2-ethyl-2-[[(1-oxoallyl)oxy]methyl]-1,3-propanediyl diacrylate; 2,2-bis(acryloyloxymethyl)butyl acrylate; trimethylolpropane triacrylate and phenacetin are now banned for use in cosmetic products sold in the ASEAN region. 4 new revisions are also included...
24 cosmetic ingredients ban plan in Thailand

Malaysia updates cosmetic ingredient list

Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has updated its cosmetic ingredient list to ban 26 substances, and place restrictions on one substance and one UV filter, under the country’s Guidelines for Control of Cosmetic Products in Malaysia. The...
OPSS Calls for interest on several ingredients

OPSS Publishes SI on CMR Substances and Kojic Acid

On 17 December 2024, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published its Statutory Instrument ‘The Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (No. 2) Regulations 2024’.  This SI comes into force on 31 January 2025; it adds 64 of...