GB Mandatory Classification and Labelling update notified to WTO

HSE’s comments on Talc

Summary: Talc may face a CMR 1B classification under the EU CLP, potentially banning its use in cosmetics. However, the HSE states current data are insufficient to classify it as carcinogenic, so products containing talc remain unaffected for now. In the EU, Talc...
GB Mandatory Classification and Labelling update notified to WTO

GB Mandatory Classification and Labelling Update

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was notified of the updated ‘making available’ date by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A new update is presented in the GB Mandatory CLP. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO)...
Titanium Dioxide and Proposition 65

Titanium Dioxide and Proposition 65

Substance: Titanium Dioxide On August 12, 2025, a federal court ruled that businesses placing a Proposition 65 warning on products containing Titanium Dioxide would be in violation of the First Amendment, as the cancer warning was deemed not to be purely factual....
23rd ATP to EU CLP Published

23rd ATP to EU CLP Published

Summary: Substance: Ozone, Nitrous oxide, C.I. Pigment Red 53:1, Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, CaptanEffected Products: N/ADate of Implementation: 1st February 2027 On 20 June 2025, the European Commission published the 23rd Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP)...