On 18 August 2023 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) the United Kingdom (UK) issued an ebulletin listing 15 active substance that must be phased out from biocidal products on the...
Read MoreOn 6 July 2023 the UK Government published an amendment, the Cosmetic Products (Restriction of Chemical Substances) Regulations 2023, to the retained EU legislation, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (the Cosmetics Regulation)....
Read MoreOn 29 June 2023, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 received royal assent and is now act of parliament (law). Schedule 1 of the Act lists approximately 600...
Read MoreThe extension of the UK REACH registration deadlines is now official! The legislation necessary to implement the extension was laid in Parliament by the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs...
Read MoreThe UK Government recently informed Parliament that they will no longer grant licenses for animal testing of chemicals that are exclusively intended for use in cosmetic products. The licensing ban came...
Read MoreOn 8 June 2023 UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its recommendation to restrict the use of hazardous substances in ink used for tattooing and permanent make-up (PMU) in Great...
Read MoreOn 20 April 2023, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) laid a draft Statutory Instrument (SI), REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023, before Parliament. The SI will formally extend...
Read MoreThe UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently published a regulatory management options analysis (RMOA) – a technical document examining the risks posed by the use, import and manufacture of...
Read MoreThe UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will publish its chemicals strategy later this year (no date announced). The UK's chemicals strategy is intended to replace the EU's REACH...
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