by delphic-admin | Aug 15, 2024 | APAC
Japan’s Ministry Of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has restricted the use of cysteamine hydrochloride in rinse-off hair setting agents and banned its use in cosmetics. The MHLW proposed revisions to the country’s Standards for Cosmetics to restrict the use of...
by delphic-admin | Jul 13, 2024 | APAC
Japan has announced that it will start enforcing poly (oxyethylene)=alkyl phenyl ether, also known as NPE as a class II specified chemical substance from April 2025. Class II specified chemical substances are substances assessed to pose a risk of long-term toxicity to...
by delphic-admin | May 28, 2023 | APAC
On March 27, 2023, MHLW issued Notification 0327 No. 1 and Notification 0327 No. 5, including minor adjustments to reagents and test solutions in Japanese Standards of Quasi-drug Ingredients 2021 (hereinafter the “JSQI 2021”) and revision to the...
by delphic-admin | Mar 27, 2023 | APAC
Japan has cut two additives from its positive list of additives for quasi-drugs products – and one from its positive list for hair dyes. The additives removed from the approved list for quasi-drugs are: • stearyl dimethyl amine used in hair conditioners and hair...
