by MDSS Cosmetics | May 14, 2024 | USA
Federal laws such as the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and MoCRA regulate the safety and labelling of cosmetics at a national level. However, throughout the years several US states implemented their own regulations to address specific concerns regarding...
by MDSS Cosmetics | Jan 25, 2024 | EU, UK, USA
The legal definitions of “cosmetic product” in the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) show notable differences reflecting distinct regulatory approaches. For the EU and UK, the legal definition of a cosmetic product are...
by MDSS Cosmetics | Dec 15, 2023 | USA
On December 18, 2023, FDA finally opened the Cosmetics Direct electronic submission portal for facility registration and cosmetic product listing, as required according to the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) . The Cosmetics Direct portal...
by MDSS Cosmetics | Jul 25, 2023 | EU
Regulation (EU) 2023/1490 has been published on 20th July 2023[1]. It is the 6th CMR Omnibus Regulation, introducing a list of 30 new entries to Annex II (Ref. No. 1695 – 1724), representing substances recently classified as CMR (“carcinogenic”, “mutagenic” and...
by MDSS Cosmetics | Jul 17, 2023 | EU
On June 22, 2023, the European Commission (EC) introduced proposed amendments to Annex XVII of the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) [1]. This document suggests to further restricting the use of Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5)...