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...
by delphic-admin | Jul 22, 2023 | UK
Companies have been granted three more years to comply On 28 June 2023, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has signed the REACH registration deadlines into law. The amended statutory instrument will enter into force on July 19 and...
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...
by delphic-admin | May 28, 2023 | UK
On 20 April 2023, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) introduced a draft statutory instrument (SI) into the parliamentary process seeking to formally extend the deadlines for registration under UK REACH. The UK REACH deadlines following the...