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24 April 2025

Register today! The webinar will take place on 14 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00

14 April 2025

On 7 April 2025, the HSE notified to the WTO a new update to the GB MCL. 

09 April 2025

The view from Dr Emma Meredith OBE, Director-General, CTPA on the Association's activities during March 2025

03 April 2025

The US will impose tariffs on products from all countries, including the UK.

01 April 2025

01 April 2025

The webinar will take place on 8 April 2025 at 9.30AM (BST).

01 April 2025

The deadline for responses is 17:00 on 25 April 2025.

31 March 2025

CTPA’s webinar ‘Responsible Person and Safety Assessor: Working Together for Consumer Safety’ is next week, and this is your last chance to register!

31 March 2025

On 31 March 2025, the EU Commission published a comprehensive explanatory guide on the EU REACH microplastics restriction.

31 March 2025

CTPA is publishing this position paper ‘Moving Towards Animal-free Chemical Safety Assessment – Overarching Principles’, on the overarching principles for moving towards animal-free safety assessment for chemicals.

27 March 2025

Defra has published a Q&A in response to the RAM webinar held in January.

26 March 2025

Check the updates from ECHA and the HSE.

17 March 2025

Join us on 8 April to learn about the latest market data and regulatory updates in China!

14 March 2025

Do you want to know in depth what are the safety requirements under the UK Cosmetics Regulation? Do you want to know how to be compliant with these requirements?

11 March 2025

On 10 March 2025, Defra published a new Statutory Instrument on the updated fees and charges for submitting registrations under the UK REACH.

11 March 2025

The EBS tool has officially launched and is now available for companies to access for a fee.

06 March 2025

Highlighting how the Responsible Person (RP) and the Safety Assessor (SA) shall work together

27 February 2025

The four nations have published a joint policy statement on UK EPR for packaging, outlining the intended environmental outcomes of the policy and how they will be achieved.

24 February 2025

The call for evidence will remain open until 21 March 2025

18 February 2025

The Scheme Administrator for UK EPR is seeking experts to join three new advisory groups. The deadline for applications is mid-day on 24 March 2025.

18 February 2025

The Office for the Internal Market has published a report on the impact of restrictions on the sale of single use plastics, on the operation of the UK Internal Market.

17 February 2025

The regulator-led survey will run until 3 March 2025

12 February 2025

Claims on hair colouring products were deemed misleading and irresponsible

12 February 2025

Update on OPSS product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.

12 February 2025

Update on OPSS product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.

12 February 2025

Update on EC product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.

12 February 2025

Update on EC product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.

11 February 2025

Perfluorononyl dimethicone is banned under the UK POPs regulation

11 February 2025

DBT issued a notice on the impact of CPTPP on CFS.

07 February 2025

CTPA relaunches its e-learning course “The Cosmetics Borderlines: Legal Backgrounds and Practical Approaches” with a new structure and up-to-date content.

07 February 2025

The call for interest is now open on the ingredient Nerol.

06 February 2025

CTPA and IFRA UK have published a comprehensive explanatory note on the concepts of 'placing on the market' and 'making available on the market' according to the EU and UK Cosmetics Regulations. 

05 February 2025

DBT is organising a webinar on 18 February 2025 at 10-11am on South Korea's e-commerce market.

04 February 2025

DBT is seeking interest from beauty brands to join a 3-day trade mission to Milan.

03 February 2025

Do you want to tap into environmental safety assessment and become more familiar with this topic?

03 February 2025

Share this information with colleagues in your company!

31 January 2025

Cosmetics Europe launched a call for interest in participating to the ingredient defence pre-consortium task force for sodium fluoride.

29 January 2025

A new entry has been added to the manual covering product presentations.

22 January 2025

The new Scheme Administrator for packaging EPR, PackUK, has formally launched.

20 January 2025

Do you want to know more about the safety assessment of nanomaterials used in cosmetic products?

20 January 2025

On 20 January 2025, OPSS notified to the WTO an amendment to the UK Cosmetics Regulations, updating Annex III to include the new restriction to methyl salicylate.

15 January 2025

The sessions are free and limited to 10 per month until June 2025 (on first come first served basis).

14 January 2025

06 January 2025

Are you interested to know Trading Standards’ approach towards the safety of cosmetic products and what they expect to see in a Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR)?

02 January 2025

CTPA published its Position Paper setting out how the Association fully supports efforts to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of technologies to reduce the use of animals in science in the UK. 

02 January 2025

The CTPA is delighted to announce that Dr Emma Meredith, Director-General, has been awarded an OBE

20 December 2024

Details of the new CETF, including its members and Terms of Reference, have been published.

19 December 2024

On 17 December 2024, OPSS published its Statutory Instrument ‘The Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (No. 2) Regulations 2024’. 

17 December 2024

The CTPA offices will be closed from 12.00 on Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive, re-opening on Thursday 2 January 2025.

16 December 2024

Do you know what key considerations have to be made to assess the safety of botanical ingredients and essential oils in cosmetic products?

13 December 2024

Check out this video with the CTPA Scientific team discussing tea tree oil and members’ most frequently asked questions on this topic.

13 December 2024

EU Commission technical survey for the roadmap to phase out animal testing.

13 December 2024

Several Ingredients are coming under review and the call for interest is now open.

12 December 2024

Check out this video discussing trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (TPO) and members’ most frequently asked questions on this topic.

11 December 2024

A warm welcome again to the new companies who have joined CTPA this year!

11 December 2024

The European Commission is hosting an event on 16 December on the upcoming EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.

10 December 2024

Check the updates from ECHA and the HSE.

09 December 2024

CTPA has upgraded its e-learning course on the safety assessment for cosmetic products by adding new modules on relevant topics.

05 December 2024

Cosmetics Europe launched a call for interest in participating to the ingredient defence consortium for heliotropine.