Update – UK Due Diligence for Forest Risk Commodities

Update – UK Due Diligence for Forest Risk Commodities

The UK Government has published an announcement relating to upcoming legislation implementing due diligence for forest risk commodities (available here).  The legislation will ensure that commodities in scope (palm oil, cocoa, soy, beef and leather) are not...
Update – UK Due Diligence for Forest Risk Commodities

ASA Rulings on Cosmetic Claims

ASA Ruling Supporting Titanium Dioxide ASA upheld ruling against an advert for toothpaste denigrating titanium dioxide as a cosmetic ingredient. On 15 November 2023, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a ruling against advertisements for a toothpaste with...
Update – UK Due Diligence for Forest Risk Commodities

Defra Publishes Statement on the UK REACH ATRm

On 9 November 2023, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published a policy paper on the Alternative Transitional Registration model (ATRm) for the UK Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation (can be...
CE Recommendation on PFAS

CE Recommendation on PFAS

Cosmetics Europe, the European personal care trade association, recommends that by 31 December 2025, cosmetics manufacturers phase out the use of per- and polyfluoralkyl ingredients (PFAS), if intentionally added to cosmetic products placed on the markets of EU, EEA...