On 24 July 2024, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a ruling against a cosmetic brand promoting the use of a deodorant and featured a woman who stated she was a breast cancer survivor. The ad was reported to the ASA due to the perception that the advert...
Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published four notices relating to a sweeping reorganisation of its cosmetics lists. The shake-up follows a 60-day public consultation that started on 4 January. The FDA has revised one list and is introducing a new one...
A federal district court in California has temporarily blocked any further legal actions against personal care product manufacturers alleged to be out of compliance with Proposition 65 warning requirements for titanium dioxide. The preliminary injunction marks a...
On 10 May, California published a Notice of Proposed Amendment regarding specific levels posing no significant risk for titanium dioxide (airborne, unbound particles of respirable size) under Proposition 65. Currently, titanium dioxide does not have any safe harbour...
On 27 May 2024, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published its draft opinion on a new coating for titanium dioxide (nano). Available here. In this draft opinion, the SCCS concluded that there are a number of uncertainties and data gaps that do not...