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22 May 2025
On 21 May 2025, SAG-CS published its opinion on UV filter 4-MBC in cosmetic products.
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22 May 2025
On 21 May 2025, SAG-CS published its opinion on formaldehyde-releasing substances.
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22 May 2025
On 21 May 2025, SAG-CS published its opinion on UV filter homosalate in cosmetic products.
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19 May 2025
Join CTPA's NAMs practical training in London in September 2025.
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14 May 2025
The NCSC has developed an e-learning training package titled Staying Safe Online: Top Tips for Staff
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13 May 2025
On 12 May 2025, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published a report outlining the outcome of its evidence project on intentionally added microplastics.
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09 May 2025
The view from Dr Emma Meredith OBE, Director-General, CTPA on the Association's activities during April and May 2025
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09 May 2025
On 8 May 2025, OPSS notified to the WTO an update to the UK Cosmetics Regulation, amending the entry for benzophenone-3 in Annex VI.
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09 May 2025
On 8 May 2025, the UK and US Governments announced a trade agreement between both parties.
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07 May 2025
CTPA received a letter from the Defra detailing several significant updates concerning pEPR and other circular economy initiatives.
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06 May 2025
On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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28 April 2025
PackUK has published an updated RAM Version 1.1.
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24 April 2025
Register today! The webinar will take place on 14 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
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14 April 2025
On 7 April 2025, the HSE notified to the WTO a new update to the GB MCL.
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09 April 2025
The view from Dr Emma Meredith OBE, Director-General, CTPA on the Association's activities during March 2025
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03 April 2025
The US will impose tariffs on products from all countries, including the UK.
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01 April 2025
The webinar will take place on 8 April 2025 at 9.30AM (BST).
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01 April 2025
The deadline for responses is 17:00 on 25 April 2025.
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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!
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31 March 2025
On 31 March 2025, the EU Commission published a comprehensive explanatory guide on the EU REACH microplastics restriction.
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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.
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27 March 2025
Defra has published a Q&A in response to the RAM webinar held in January.
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26 March 2025
Check the updates from ECHA and the HSE.
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21 March 2025
There are legal requirements for how the Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR) shall be structured, as well as who is deemed a qualified safety assessor. Do you want to know more about this?
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17 March 2025
Join us on 8 April to learn about the latest market data and regulatory updates in China!
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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?
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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.
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11 March 2025
The EBS tool has officially launched and is now available for companies to access for a fee.
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06 March 2025
Highlighting how the Responsible Person (RP) and the Safety Assessor (SA) shall work together
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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.
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24 February 2025
The call for evidence will remain open until 21 March 2025
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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.
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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.
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17 February 2025
The regulator-led survey will run until 3 March 2025
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12 February 2025
Claims on hair colouring products were deemed misleading and irresponsible
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12 February 2025
Update on OPSS product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.
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12 February 2025
Update on OPSS product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.
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12 February 2025
Update on EC product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.
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12 February 2025
Update on EC product safety alerts and reports of cosmetic products posing a risk to the health and safety of consumers.
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11 February 2025
Perfluorononyl dimethicone is banned under the UK POPs regulation
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11 February 2025
DBT issued a notice on the impact of CPTPP on CFS.
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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.
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07 February 2025
The call for interest is now open on the ingredient Nerol.
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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.
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05 February 2025
DBT is organising a webinar on 18 February 2025 at 10-11am on South Korea's e-commerce market.
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04 February 2025
DBT is seeking interest from beauty brands to join a 3-day trade mission to Milan.
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03 February 2025
Do you want to tap into environmental safety assessment and become more familiar with this topic?
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03 February 2025
Share this information with colleagues in your company!
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31 January 2025
Cosmetics Europe launched a call for interest in participating to the ingredient defence pre-consortium task force for sodium fluoride.
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29 January 2025
A new entry has been added to the manual covering product presentations.
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22 January 2025
The new Scheme Administrator for packaging EPR, PackUK, has formally launched.
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20 January 2025
Do you want to know more about the safety assessment of nanomaterials used in cosmetic products?
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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.
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15 January 2025
The sessions are free and limited to 10 per month until June 2025 (on first come first served basis).
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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)?
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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.
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02 January 2025
The CTPA is delighted to announce that Dr Emma Meredith, Director-General, has been awarded an OBE
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