Permissible Preservatives Cited As No. 1 Industry Challenge Under EU Reg
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
In a survey conducted by IQPC division Pharma IQ, 31% of cosmetics industry members identified “what preservatives you can use” as the biggest challenge facing their business since implementation of the European Union’s Cosmetics Regulation in July 2013. Others cited challenges related to animal-testing alternatives and the regulation’s definition of nanomaterials.
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