Cosmetics & Personal Care | Monthly bulletin | March 2021

Brexit & Cosmetic Products: What’s Changing?

Since the end of the transition period on 31^st December 2020, the UK Statutory Instruments - The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 became applicable in Great Britain (GB). Schedule 34 of this text, named the UKCR : United Kingdom Cosmetics Regulations, concerns cosmetic products, and generally mirrors the European Commission Cosmetics Regulation n°1223/2009. These new regulations do not apply to Northern Ireland.

From 1^st January, 2021, all cosmetic products sold on the British market will have to comply with this new regulation. This includes cosmetics sold in physical stores, as well as those sold in e-commerce.

• A new UK notification portal has been created.
• The RP must be designated in the UK
• The PIF must be available in English at the UK RP’s address
• The safety assessor’s qualifications must be recognised in the UK
• The UK RP’s name and address must appear on the label
• The products sold in the UK and made in the EU must specify the country of origin on the label NB. ‘Made in the EU’ is not acceptable; the country must be specified.
• The responsible persons based in the UK no longer have access to the CPNP. If the notifications have not been retrieved in 2020, they will have to be redone (on the UK and EU portals).
• Serious Undesirable Effects (SUEs) should be notified on the new UK SUE.
• A cosmetic product containing nanomaterials not used as a colorant, preservative, or UV-filter must be notified to the Secretary of State, via the UK’s SCPN Portal by the Responsible Person 6 months prior to it being placed on the GB market.

Contact Eurofins’ experts for help with all your cosmetic product Brexit needs.

Eurofins Cosmetics & Personal Care at PCHI 2021

The upcoming PCHi conference will take place on 24^th to 26^th March 2021 in Shenzhen! Meet Eurofins Cosmetics & Personal Care at booth 1B74 to discover more about:

Safe, the new clean

Consumers want to buy products that respect environment, and even more important, that protect them from external dangers and that are compliant, transparent and safe. Eurofins provides services that respond to the Safe Beauty trend: undesirable substances analysis, microbiome analysis, safe packaging, ecotoxicity, biodegradability, compostability, and microplastics testing.

Hygiene, the new chic

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically transformed consumption habits related to hygiene. While hand washing, sanitizing, oral care and mask wearing have always played a large role in daily hygiene habits for most consumers, these habits have recently been magnified.

Learn more about our services to support the development of your products: oral care testing, anti-maskne and mask resistance testing, test methods and requirements for hand sanitizers and hygiene products.

Proactive, the new beauty

Consumer demand will only increase for protective skincare, wellbeing products and inclusive makeup – these are key trends to consider when developing future strategies. Eurofins proposes key services to match these trends: solar testing (SPF, WR, IR, Blue light), anti-pollution protection, pro-aging effect.

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Eurofins Evic Romania, part of Eurofins Cosmetics & Personal business line, has established a research partnership with Bayer, to assess the performance in healthy adults with dry skin of three new dexpanthenol-containing emollients containing increasing lipid. This work has been the subject of a publication in the prestigious scientific journal Cosmetics. Read more >>