By Lucy Whitehouse

From controversy over misreporting of potentially unsafe UK cosmetics after Brexit, to Unilever’s expanded transparency programme for ingredients, we take a look at the key updates for safety and regulation so far this year in this Editor’s Spotlight. 5. Unilever goes further with enhanced ingredients transparency

At the start of this year, the multinational consumer goods player announced that it successfully delivered on its ‘industry leading’ commitment to voluntarily disclose fragrance ingredients across its home care and beauty & personal care products in Europe and the US by the end of 2018. It also asserted it aims to expand the programme. Discover our full report here. “The company’s decision to disclose fragrance ingredient information down to 0.01% of the product formulation was an industry rst, paving the way and encouraging many other companies to do the same,” suggests Unilever.

The UK’s cosmetics trade association has asserted that “cosmetic products will continue to be safe after Brexit”, following media coverage at the start of this year that suggested standards on safety for beauty may slip in the UK once it leaves the EU. “For any cosmetic product being placed on the UK market, irrespective of its origin, consumers can be reassured that both now and after we leave the EU all ingredients must be safe to use, as must the nal cosmetic product.,” the trade association says.

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