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Annual Report | A Look Back at 2021 with ChemLinked: Cosmetics Regulation Updates
Jan 20, 2022
2021 was a year of significant events and progress in the cosmetic industry in the Asia-Pacific region. China officially implemented the long-awaited new cosmetic regulation...
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Australia’s AICIS and Animal Testing Ban Commenced on July 1, 2020
Jul 08, 2020
With the entry into force of the Australian Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 on July 1, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) officially replaced the previous National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) as the new national regulator of the importation and manufacture of industrial chemicals. The ban on the use of new animal test data for chemicals solely used in cosmetics also took effect on the same day...
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Australia Finalizes General Rules and Transitional Rules for AICIS
Dec 24, 2019
Australia announced that the General Rules and Transitional Rules for AICIS are final, and the final draft of the Categorization Guidelines is now available...
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Australia Officially Passes Legislation Banning Animal Testing of Cosmetics
Feb 22, 2019
On 18 February 2019, both houses of Australia’s parliament finally passed the Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017, nineteen months after it was first introduced in June 2017...
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Australia Further Delays Implementation of Cosmetic Regulation Reform to 1 July 2020
Jan 14, 2019
On Jan. 11, Australia NICNAS issued a notice that the implementation of the reform of Australia cosmetic and chemicals regulatory framework (AICIS) (including the national ban on the use of ingredient toxicological safety data derived from animal testing to support the introduction of cosmetic ingredients) will be further delayed to 1 July 2020...
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Australia to Ban Animal Testing of Cosmetics
Jul 03, 2017
Take home: According to Australia Cosmetic regulation reform, Australia will prohibit animal testing of cosmetics from July 1st 2018. In line with the replacement of Australia’s overall chemical (including cosmetics) regulatory framework, (see news Australia regulation reform: “Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme” will be replaced on CL), a new statutory scheme “Australian Industrial Chemical Introduction Scheme (AICIS)” stipulates animal testing of cosmetics should be banned. After a grace period ending on July 1st 2018, data derived from animal tests will be invalid. Australia Federal Department of Health released the details of this ban:
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Australia to Ban Sale of Imported Animal Tested Cosmetics
Jun 06, 2016
The Federal Government pledged to phase out the cosmetics cruelty. From July next year the testing of cosmetic ingredients on animals in Australia and the sale of cosmetic products and ingredients that have been tested on animals outside of Australia will be banned.
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Australian Labor Party Working Towards Animal Testing Ban
Feb 26, 2016
Australian Labor MP Claire O’Neil will introduce a private member bill to Parliament this week, proposing a ban on imported cosmetics tested on animals.
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Australia Proposes Bill to End Cosmetics Animal Testing
Mar 20, 2014
The momentum generated by many of the world’s largest cosmetics markets adopting animal free testing strategies is gathering, with countries such as China which were previously staunch adherents to animal testing relaxing their stance. Many of the fence sitting countries have been peer pressured into similar actions and are adopting more ethically sound testing SOP’s.
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Stay Current: China’s Cosmetic Safety Assessment Regulatory Landscape
Under the current regulatory framework, cosmetics registrants and notifiers can continue to submit a simplified version of the safety assessment report during the registration or notification process until May 1, 2025. Following this deadline, a full version of the safety assessment will be mandated. To facilitate a smooth transition, China is planning to release a set of technical guidelines.
China’s Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics (STSC) and Its Updates
The current cosmetic technical standard STSC 2015 specifies the cosmetics' general safety standards, prohibited/restricted/permitted ingredients and testing methods. It is revised aperiodically in response to changing trade practices in the industry. China is planning to issue a new version of STSC.
Cannabis Cosmetics Regulatory Updates in the Asia Pacific Region
Cannabis cosmetics are undoubtedly one of the hottest products across the globe in recent years, but with few regulations. To assist cosmetics companies to avoid compliance risks and seize market opportunity, ChemLinked has compiled the regulations.
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