Board of Appeal decisions concerning vertebrate animal testing on cosmetic ingredients
The two new decisions taken by the Board of Appeal related to vertebrate testing in Reach on ingredients exclusively used in cosmetics (several toxicity tests and a fish sexual development test), are among the most important decisions taken to date. For toxicity tests...
Cosmetopack initiates a research program on container-content interactions
Cosmetopack initiates a research program on container-content interactions: The consortium brings together fifteen actors from the fields of cosmetics and plastics processing to define the toxicological risks related to interactions between cosmetic formulas and their...
NEW EU GROUP TO LEAD REACH REGISTRATION WORK ON POLYMERS
The European Commission has mandated a group of experts from EU member states to lead the work to integrate certain types of polymers into the scope of REACh registration. This group (CASG-Polymers) should start its activities in June 2020 and is to advise the...
New policy from ECHA on dossier updates during substance evaluation
From 14 April 2020, ECHA starts applying a new policy regarding dossier updates during substance evaluation. The Agency and evaluating Member States will not take dossier update into account after registrants have received a draft decision for commenting. If...