by delphic-admin | Apr 18, 2024 | North America
On 23 July 2023, the US State of Washington signed the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (HB 1047) into law, which sets prohibition of certain substances, as well as a maximum of 1ppm of lead in finished cosmetic products. From 1 January 2025, it will be illegal to sell, offer...
by delphic-admin | Apr 18, 2024 | APAC
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has revised the country’s Cosmetic Safety Technical Guidelines (STSC) in a notice published on 21 March. Eleven test methods have been approved by the Expert Committee on Cosmetics Standards and are now included...
by delphic-admin | Dec 1, 2023 | North America
California has adopted legislation to ban personal care goods that contain any of more than two dozen ingredients prohibited in the EU because of their potential health impacts. Signed into law on 8 October, the measure (AB 496) expands on previously greenlit...
by delphic-admin | Oct 30, 2023 | APAC
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has revised the main technical standard governing cosmetics safety in the country, prohibiting two ingredients, revising five test methods and adding 14 test methods. Published on 28 August, the update to the...
by delphic-admin | Sep 28, 2023 | Europe
ECHA has suggested a default concentration limit for the European Commission’s future restriction proposal on carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) chemicals in childcare articles that is up to 300 times lower than existing levels under CLP. In a 23 August draft...