News & Insights

12 April 2024

Companies who are interested in contributing to the defence work, please find more info here and get in touch.

09 April 2024

CTPA to host a webinar followed by an in-person training day on cosmetic claim principles and approaches.

28 March 2024

We would like to figure out the interest in these two ingredients to potentially add them to the Master List.

11 March 2024

UK scientific committee opinion on methyl salicylate published, with some differences from EU opinion.

21 February 2024

CTPA Manifesto is calling for the next Government to develop a strategy for the cosmetics and personal care industry

17 April 2024

We are aware of some members receiving emails implying that contact details held by CTPA are available as a mailing list for purchase

16 April 2024

The CosPaTox Consortium has published guidelines on the safe use of post-consumer recycled plastics in cosmetic packaging.

15 April 2024

A hair dye containing PPD, PTD or other PPD-related ingredients must not claim ‘PPD-free’.

05 April 2024

Update on OPSS product safety alerts and reports

05 April 2024

Update on EC product safety alerts.

04 April 2024

On 3 April 2024, the EU Commission published on the Official Journal of the EU the regulation amending the Annexes to the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation (CPR) with 9 cosmetic ingredients. 

04 April 2024

On 3 April 2024, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published a Statutory Instrument updating Annex III of the UK Cosmetics Regulation.

04 April 2024

On 25 March 2024, the HSE notified to the WTO the proposed amendments to the GB MCL, which will introduced new mandatory classifications under the GB CLP Regulation for a number of substances. 

04 April 2024

Under the TCA, UK traders were able to count EU inputs as if they were originating in their exports to Canada. 

04 April 2024

On 4 April 2024, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) issued its draft opinion on the safety of triphenyl phosphate when used as a plasticiser in nail products at 5%.

21 March 2024

The EBS Consortium has launched a public consultation to obtain feedback on the EBS methodology and scoring system. The deadline for responses is 29 April 2024.

19 March 2024

CTPA launched a new guidance titled ‘Special Considerations for Specific Product Types in the Cosmetic Product Safety Report’.

18 March 2024

CTPA launched a new resource to show the steps that companies shall follow when they are looking to place a new cosmetic ingredient on the UK and EU markets.

15 March 2024

Free webinar open for CTPA members and non-members.

13 March 2024

On 12 March 2024, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) added 25 chemical substances to the GB Mandatory Classification List (MCL). 

08 March 2024

The recording, as well as the presentation and Q&A can be accessed in CTPA’s Webinar Archive.