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Revisions include adding “special cosmetics” and “cosmetics using new ingredients” to the key categories of sampling testing.

China Revises Cosmetic Sampling Testing Rules, Calls for Comments

The measures will focus on testing in children’s cosmetics, special cosmetics and cosmetics containing new ingredients. Measures are open to public comment through July 14, 2022.

'I’m glad we were able to work in this legislation to ensure the FDA can, at long last, provide meaningful oversight to cosmetics and dietary supplements.'

US Senate Bill to Strengthen Cosmetic Oversight Advances

Biotechnology allows Sensegen to render natural materials abundant, available, accessible and affordable without the challenges of agriculture or climatic variability.

New Naturals & the Future of Beauty

Substantiating Safety and the Launch of a New Bioactive Ingredient, CBG

Substantiating Safety and the Launch of a New Bioactive Ingredient, CBG

Untapped bioactive ingredients offer new opportunities for formulators to introduce innovative cosmetics and personal care products to the world. Safety testing of these ingredients is key, and here’s why.

NACD Responsible Distribution provides third-party verification of facilities against a set of guiding principles that strictly adhere to industry and business standards.

Coast Southwest Achieves NACD Responsible Distribution Verification

NACD Responsible Distribution provides third-party verification of facilities against a set of guiding principles that strictly adhere to industry and business standards.

The FDA has received reports of serious side effects including skin rashes, facial swelling and discoloration from the use of skin brighteners containing hydroquinone.

FDA Flags 12 Companies for Illicit Hydroquinone-containing Skin Brighteners

The products contain the active drug hydroquinone, rendering them unapproved over-the-counter (OTC) drugs rather than cosmetics.

P. oceana seagrass is endemic to the international coasts of the Mediterranean in tourism hotspots exposed to sunscreens.

Seagrass Rhizomes Accumulate UV Filters and Parabens, Study Finds

A recent study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin found that rhizomes of the seagrass Posidonia oceana off the international coasts of the Mediterranean have accumulated UV filters and the preservative methylparaben.

China's National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) plans to introduce a more systematic and comprehensive standard consistent with the current industry situation.

China Drafts 2022 Safety and Technical Standard for Cosmetics

This draft will supersede the 2015 edition, which includes the overarching technical standards for cosmetics safety supervision and testing in China. Public comments will be accepted through April 30, 2022.

The plaintiffs claim the product is a misbranded drug that can cause serious side effects due to its isopropyl cloprostenate content. (Note: Depiction only; not the actual product).

Rodan + Fields to Pay Out $38 M in Lash Boost Settlement

Rodan + Fields will pay $38 million to settle several class action suits against its Lash Boost serum. The plaintiffs claim the product's labeling misleads consumers and its isopropyl cloprostenate content makes it subject to FDA oversight.

BASF is on pace to operate at net zero emissions globally by 2050.

BASF on Track for Net 0 Emissions by 2050

BASF is on pace to operate at net zero emissions globally by 2050, according to the company's report to investors.

The CTPA and the U.K. cosmetic industry wants to promote the use of new approach methodologies (NAMs) as alternatives to animal testing for these vital safety requirements under other chemicals legislation, especially UK Reach.

CTPA Convenes to Progress the Use and Regulatory Acceptance of Animal Testing Alternatives

The CTPA and the U.K. cosmetic industry wants to promote the use of new approach methodologies (NAMs) as alternatives to animal testing for these vital safety requirements under other chemicals legislation, especially UK Reach.

The bacterium typically poses little medical risk to healthy individuals but could affect those with health issues such as weakened immune systems.

Kao USA Recalls Jergens Ultra Healing Moisturizer Over Microbe Concerns

Kao USA has issued a voluntary recall of specific lots of its Jergens brand Ultra Healing Moisturizer over the possible presence of Pluralibacter gergoviae.

Forty-seven percent of the products tested reportedly contained more than the permitted level of mercury.

ZMWG Reports Mercury Findings in Skin Care, Raises Public Alarm

The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG), comprising 110+ global public interest and NGO health organizations, recently published findings that 129 of some 271 skin brightening products it tested contain high levels of mercury. This has raised public alarm.

Health Canada has issued recalls for three personal care products since January 2022, two for microbial contamination, and the third for potential benzene.

Health Canada Recalls Bioderma Micellar Water, Brut Deo, Equate Oral Rinse

In recent months, Health Canada has recalled Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water and Equate Dry Mouth Oral Rinse due to microbial contamination. Also, Unilever's Brut Classic Aerosol Spray deodorant was recalled for potential benzene content.