On June 6, 2025, CIRS Group officially launched the Global Cosmetic Ingredient Regulatory Database--Global CosIng. This database integrates regulatory information on cosmetic ingredients from major markets, including China (Taiwan included), the European Union, the United States, Canada, ASEAN countries, South Korea, and Japan. It is designed to provide enterprises with a one-stop, authoritative, and user-friendly platform for ingredient compliance inquiries, supporting cosmetic companies in global regulatory compliance and product development.

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment has evolved from a single European directive into a complex web of global regulations. For manufacturers and exporters, ensuring compliance across different markets is crucial but challenging. CIRS Testing offers a comprehensive, one-stop solution, providing expert RoHS testing and compliance services for all major international regulations, ensuring your products meet market access requirements worldwide.

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment has evolved from a single European directive into a complex web of global regulations. For manufacturers and exporters, ensuring compliance across different markets is crucial but challenging. CIRS Testing offers a comprehensive, one-stop solution, providing expert RoHS testing and compliance services for all major international regulations, ensuring your products meet market access requirements worldwide.

Cosmetic Export Testing (International) US, EU, UK, South Korea, ASEAN, the Middle East, Canada, Japan, and other international markets

This article compiles the cosmetic regulation updates that took place in September and October in Europe (including the UK), America, and the Asia Pacific region.

Japan issued the revision of the Order of Enforcement of Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances.

Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) is a highly surface-active perfluorinated compound with chemical properties similar to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). Following the ban on PFOS by the Stockholm Convention in 2009, PFHxS has been widely used as a substitute in various products. However, PFHxS is persistent in the environment, capable of long-range transport, and may cause developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity. At the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-10), PFHxS, its salts, and related compounds were listed in Annex A of the Convention for elimination, with no exemptions allowed.

Recently, Japan has detected sodium aluminate dioxide (CAS No.: 1302-42-7) in some imported products containing sodium aluminate (CAS number: 11138-49-1). In accordance with the announcement of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), sodium aluminate dioxide was classified as deleterious substance under the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law (PDSCL) on July 1, 2018.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs ) are a group of synthetic chemical substances that are widely used in consumer products, including food packaging, textiles, and apparel due to their water, stain, and oil-repellent properties. However, the persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic nature of PFAS chemical substances has raised concerns over their impact on human health and the environment. As a result, governments around the world are taking measures to restrict and regulate the use of PFAS chemicals. Brands and retailers that use PFASs in their products must understand the market requirements and take appropriate action to mitigate regulatory and financial risks associated with these chemicals. This includes establishing proactive and reactive controls for testing to estimate exposure and risk of PFAS chemicals.

There is a diverse range of cosmetic packaging materials, such as glass, metal, plastic, and soft paper packaging. As the last process in the modern cosmetics industry, packaging is necessary to keep the contents clean and safe. However, it is also important to make sure the packaging itself does not pollute the cosmetics or add any unsafe factors to the contents. In addition, consumers’ understanding and judgment of cosmetics products often relies on the information provided on the products and by the sellers, the display of such information, to a large extent, determines consumers’ purchasing decisions and use methods for products.