While regulators in the United States and the EU continue to mull laws that might enable the development of the hemp industry, cosmetic and personal care ingredient players have come up with intriguing ways of circumnavigating existing regulations.
Canada-based Blueberries has confirmed it has got approval to sell CBD-derived products in Colombia after the country’s food and drug regulator gave approval.
Avon is one of the biggest cosmetic and personal care players to back a Humane Society International campaign to ban the testing of animals on ingredients and products in the LATAM region.
The House of Representatives for Colombia agreed unanimously by voting for a bill that would prohibit the use of animals in tests for cosmetics and personal care products.
On Friday, Conservative MP Marylyn Gladu (who represents Sarina—Lambton, Ontario) moved to have a bill read that would effectively ban the sale and manufacture of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients tested on animals. Advocates are calling this legislative...
The recent warning by the US FDA about three Claire’s color cosmetic products containing potentially dangerous levels of asbestos has seen company executives spring to the defense and claim that the testing may not be accurate.
The Comunidad Andina (CAN) recently held a meeting involving representatives from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, targeting the harmonization of cosmetics legislation between the countries.
Today, the global tech solutions company announced a new module expressly for beauty; it’s a module meant to help ingredient suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers address regulatory compliance, safety, and risk issues.
Increasingly, cosmetic and personal care consumers want transparency regarding the origins and manufacturing practices of the products they buy, something that can prove to be a tough call for many brands to answer.
Natura Brasil has sealed its Ekos line with a brand new certification from the Union of Ethical BioTrade, confirming it has fulfilled tough criteria to respect both people and biodiversity.
Brazil has moved one step closer to creating a REACH-like system for the management of chemicals in the country, including those used for cosmetics and personal care.
The prestigious awards are given out annually at a glamourous summertime gala event in New York City. And the non-profit organization is now accepting nominations from members and non-members alike, in categories ranging from Indie Fragrance to Packaging,...
The direct-sales clean beauty brand opened its first permanent physical store on Prince Street in New York City last month. But the Beautycounter retail story isn’t the story of one more startup getting into brick-and-mortar; founder Gregg Renfrew has...
The US FDA wants to increase awareness and knowledge of allergens caused by cosmetics, and to this aim it has asked consumers to share their experience.
In an “unprecedented move” by one of the globe’s leading beauty brands, Humane Society International notes how these increasing efforts to ban animal testing in the cosmetics sphere may well be the “beginning of the end for cruel cosmetics”. We spoke...
