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Plain-English guidance on the regulation, written by the people who do the assessments. No jargon for its own sake, and kept current as the rules change.
The details and documents we need to prepare a Cosmetic Product Safety Report for a personal care product, with a one-page checklist to download.
Read →The details and documents we need to prepare a Cosmetic Product Safety Report for a perfume or cologne, with a one-page checklist to download.
Read →What anti-ageing and brightening claims actually mean under cosmetic regulation, the principle of proportionate evidence, and how each kind of claim is measured and proven.
Read →How cosmetic claims are regulated under the six common criteria, what counts as adequate evidence, and how to substantiate a claim before it reaches the label.
Read →The structure, methodology and legal requirements of the Cosmetic Product Safety Report: Annex I Parts A and B, the Margin of Safety calculation, the qualified assessor, and the documentation a robust assessment requires.
Read →The information a cosmetic label must carry under Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, the rules where the container cannot hold it, language and allergen requirements, and how the UK and EU differ.
Read →The obligations the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act places on cosmetic businesses, section by section: facility registration, product listing, safety substantiation, adverse event reporting, GMP, recall and the state overlay.
Read →What the Product Information File must contain under Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, who holds it and for how long, and the deficiencies that most often render one incomplete.
Read →Who must be the Responsible Person under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, and the full set of obligations the role carries, article by article, across the UK and EU.
Read →The lead figure for cosmetics in 69 countries and territories, from 1 ppm in Washington State to 50 µg/g for clay-based powders in South Korea, with the primary source for each.
Read →Cosmetic regulatory developments by region, each linked to the primary instrument.
Read →Plain-English definitions of the cosmetic compliance terms that matter.
Read →Every initialism in cosmetic regulation, expanded in one place.
Read →The headline requirements for the major markets, side by side.
Read →The ISO and OECD methods behind a safety assessment.
Read →The substances that must be individually labelled under Regulation (EU) 2023/1545, with CAS numbers and thresholds.
Read →The substances prohibited in GB cosmetics by SI 2026/23, with CAS numbers, dates and the formaldehyde labelling change.
Read →An annotated EU and UK label showing every Article 19 mandatory particular where it appears on the pack.
Read →The French Triman and Info-tri sorting signage for cosmetic packaging, with an annotated label and the 2025 CJEU challenge.
Read →The questions we are asked most, answered plainly.
Read →The official regulatory sources we work from.
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