Europe sets how fast hazardous ingredients must leave cosmetics
Cassandra CampbellEditor
On October 22 the European Parliament voted 477 to 59 for revised rules on cosmetics with ingredients newly classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic to reproduction. Companies would get six months to stop putting affected products on the market and twelve months to sell existing stock, with shorter periods where a safety concern is identified. Consumer groups warned the longer windows could keep risky products on shelves.
Why it matters
"Banned in Europe" comes up constantly in ingredient content. In practice, an EU ban comes with a phase-out period, not an overnight disappearance.
The story so far
The European Parliament votes 477 to 59 for the revised rules.