Chemical Engineering Trends, Intellectual Property Litigation, & Industry Predictions – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 50
What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023
Personal care products include a wide range of items such as cosmetics, skin care products, hair care products, deodorants, and more. Two of the largest segments of these products are shampoo and hair dye. In 2022, there were...more
Cosmetics Regulation - Currently, cosmetics are regulated through the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA)– which has recently been revamped by the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA)–and various...more
On Oct. 7, 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California Food Safety Act (CFSA) into law, making California the first state to ban the manufacture, sale, distribution or delivery of food products containing four food...more
Chemical hair straighteners present health risks, including more than doubling users’ risk of developing uterine cancer. As more information about these risks becomes known, more women are looking for better and safer...more
With the passage of Washington’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act of 2023, several states are gearing up to pass similar laws. The new Washington law bans the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cosmetic products that contain any...more
The European Commission’s (EC) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published on May 16, 2023, the 12th revision of The SCCS Notes of Guidance for the Testing of Cosmetic Ingredients and Their Safety Evaluation. The...more
Effective January 1, 2025, a new California law will prohibit 24 ingredients from use in cosmetic products. California’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act [Assembly Bill (“AB”) 2762] was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on...more
Buried within the thousands of pages of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 is the most significant statutory expansion to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority over cosmetics since 1938...more
California joined the growing list of states to ban products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) when, on September 29th, Governor Newsom signed into law legislation prohibiting the so-called “forever...more
The European Commission (EC) has begun a public consultation on how the Cosmetic Products Regulation could be improved to ensure human health and the functioning of the internal market. According to the EC, the identified...more
Lilial, the trade name of a chemical compound commonly used as a perfume in cosmetics, shampoos, and cleaning products, which is known by its longer name butylphenyl methylpropional, has been banned in personal care products...more
A new study regarding phthalates has garnered media attention this month, but readers should recognize the study’s limitations. Some media coverage of this study blurs the important distinction between “association” and...more
It’s no secret that the regulatory landscape of cosmetics and personal care products as we know it is changing. Over the last few years, Congress, along with industry and consumer groups, have made a combined effort to push...more
Last week, the FDA posted information about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, found in personal care products such as lotions, nail polish, shaving cream, foundation and mascara. PFAS chemicals are...more
The European Commission’s (EC) Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) began a public consultation on October 5, 2020, on a preliminary opinion entitled Scientific Advice on the Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics. ...more
The Situation: The European Commission ("Commission") has requested that the European Chemicals Agency ("ECHA") investigate the need for an EU-wide restriction on "intentionally added' micro-plastic particles. The...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Issues Final TSCA Fees Rule: On October 17, 2018, EPA issued a final fees rule under TSCA. 83 Fed. Reg. 52694. The final rule largely tracks the proposed rule....more
Newly approved tariffs would impose 10 to eventual 25% tariffs on hundreds of chemical ingredients imported from China used for many FDA-regulated products, including dietary supplements, OTC drugs, and cosmetics....more
On May 16, 2018, the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) announced the availability of six case studies intended to help stakeholders understand how the categorization process for new...more
On March 13, 2018, the European Commission (EC) Ombudsman issued its recommendation in a case concerning the EC’s refusal to grant access to its catalog of nanomaterials used in cosmetics, as well as to related notification...more
ClientEarth announced on July 31, 2017, that it filed a complaint with the European Union (EU) Ombudsman about the European Commission’s (EC) “unlawful handling of a long-delayed list of nano-chemicals in cosmetics.” As...more
Several substances used as ingredients for cosmetic and other consumer products will be evaluated for possible regulatory action in the European Union in the next three years. On 27 October 2016, the European Chemicals...more
In what is the latest in a line of Congressional proposals to beef up the federal government’s authority to regulate cosmetics, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), has proposed a bill aimed at dramatically increasing Food and...more