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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.
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 →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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