In the RAPEX alert for products withdrawn from the European Union, there were 41 warnings in the EU area last week. The majority of the bans...
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New revision of the SCCS cosmetics advisory guide
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) of the European Commission approved at its 11th plenary meeting, held on 29 September 2015,...
SCHER produces a report on children's toy uptake
The Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) has recently published a document with a preliminary opinion of the committee on health and...
Rapex report 15-1-2016: bad week for skin whiteners
In the Rapex alert of Friday 15 January, the EU withdrew 28 products from the market. Of these, 6 of them were on the Spanish market: 5 toys of...
Rapex report 15/05/2015: not a single cosmetic recalled
In this week's Rapex, we have reached a year-to-date high of 49 product recalls. While it is true that...
Rapex report of 8/05/2015: food-shaped soaps removed
This week, at the Rapex on Friday 8 May, we found just the opposite situation to the previous one. If in the Rapex of 1 May last...
GTF at In-Cosmetics 2015
Last week, between Tuesday 14th and Thursday 16th April, the XXV In-Cosmétics Fair was held in Barcelona, which brings together the elite manufacturers of...
GTF director presents the Best animanchas product awards at Idermo 2015
The dermocosmetics portal iDermo held the iDermo 2015 awards ceremony in Barcelona on 4 May, where the best dermocosmetics products and services were...
Perfumes and cosmetics exports grow by 50% in the last 5 years
According to a study published by the National Association of Perfumery and Cosmetics STANPA, exports of the cosmetics and perfumery sector have...
Rapex report 17-4-2015: a large number of cosmetics recalls
If in the Rapex reports of the last 3 weeks, there were not many bans in the cosmetics sector to be regretted, this week things have gone...
New EU restrictions on the use of parabens in cosmetics enter into force
In the last decade, parabens, traditionally used as preservatives in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industry, have become more and more common in...
AEMPS explains the differences between hearing aids and sound amplifiers
On 28 April, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) published an information note on the differences between...







