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On June 24, 2025, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) announced the dynamic adjustment of the Catalogue of Used Cosmetic Ingredients. This catalogue will now be updated regularly and is divided into two parts: List I and List II

On June 24, 2025, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released Announcement No. 61 of 2025 to improve the management of cosmetic ingredients and encourage innovation in the cosmetics industry. The notice introduces updates to th

On  February 15, 2022, the National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) published final measures for cosmetic companies to establish systems for monitoring adverse reactions of cosmetics. It is expected to come into force on October 1

China implemented CSAR in January 2021, and this was after 30 years of waiting. China recently took another massive step by approving its first cosmetics ingredients under CSAR. As recently published in the International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ing

Update: The law  has came into effect on January 27, 2025, one year after its publication. On 26 January 2024, the Ministry of Health of Chile published Law No. 21646 in the Diario Oficial de la Republica de Chile, which prohibits animal testin

The National Institution for Food and Drug Control of China (NIFDC) published the draft revision of “Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetic” (Safety Standards) on March 31, 2022. This is the first-time revision of the Safety Standards since

The European Commission updates the glossary of ingredient names commonly used in cosmetics production. This was done to correct the names of ingredients that were written incorrectly while some were updated to comply with the recent changes made in

The Indonesian Cosmetics Notification System 3.0 officially launched on January 2, 2025, bringing with it a number of significant updates designed to enhance the product notification process. With a primary focus on improving regulatory compliance, t

National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea updates the Guidelines on analysis methods for cosmetic ingredients with restricted uses on October 31st, 2022. This is for the quality improvement and safety management of

According to latest Chinese cosmetic regulation, Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Rules (CSAR), cosmetic products can be exempted from registration obligation if they are sold via cross-border e-commerce platform. However, e-commerce platforms

On 11 March 2023 the Canadian Government announced new ministerial conditions on the manufacture and import of the cosmetic and coating ingredient of 1-propanaminium, n-(3-aminopropyl)-2-hydroxy-n,n-dimethyl-3-sulfo-, n-(C12-18 and C18-unsatd. acyl)

On 27 March, NMPA published a notification on optimizing cosmetic ingredients registration procedures and some adjustment to the transitional measures. The following points were addressed in the notification.  Content of existing cosmetic ingr

On 15 May 2023, the European Commission adopted the 12th revision of The SCCS Notes of Guidance for the testing of Cosmetic Ingredients and their Safety Evaluation. The SCCS Notes of Guidance (NoG) are revised and updates by the European Commission�

The UK Government recently informed Parliament that they will no longer grant licenses for animal testing of chemicals that are exclusively intended for use in cosmetic products. The licensing ban came into force on 17 May 2023.   The UK Gover

On December 31, 2024, Indonesia’s Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) officially rolled out Regulation No. 80 of 2024, which introduces updated guidelines for Halal certification, specifically tailored to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). This

On 6 June 2023, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) of the European Union adopted the second revision of its Guidance on the Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics. The guidance on nanomaterials should be used in conjunction w

On 13 July 2023, Health Canada opened a consultation on proposed updates to the Cosmetic Ingredients Hotlist concerning prohibited and restricted ingredients. The consultation is open for new inputs until 11 October 2023.  Health Canada's Cosmeti

On August 14, 2023, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) of the United Kingdom issued a notification to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of cosmetic ingredients in the list below. Interested parties, i

On August 24, 2023, the Indonesian Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM; Badan Pengawas Obat Dan Makanan Republik Indonesia) published a new amendment on the technical requirements for cosmetics.   The Indonesian government has issued regulati

The Australian Government has issued an open invitation to the community to provide valuable input on a comprehensive set of proposed changes to the categorization of chemical introductions. These changes include the strengthening of reporting and re