Industry no doubt welcomes the Commission’s long-overdue review of the European Cosmetics Regulation as it pertains to chemicals with endocrine-disrupting properties. The report concludes that the existing regulatory framework is adequate to evaluate and manage suspected endocrine disruptors, while putting stakeholders on notice that a number of prioritized ingredients will be up for review in 2019.
The European Commission has finally completed its review of the Cosmetics Regulation as it relates to substances with endocrine-disrupting properties, and for industry at least, the wait was worth it.
The EU’s Cosmetics Regulation, which in July 2013 replaced the Cosmetics Directive of 1976, includes a provision requiring the regulation's...