by Sagarika Sharma | Oct 13, 2026 | California Cosmetic Regulations
California AB 1744 would prohibit sunscreen manufacturers and sellers from marketing products as ‘reel safe’, ‘reel friendly’, ‘ocean safe’, ‘marine safe’ or similar terms unless the sunscreen contains no chemical...
by Sagarika Sharma | Oct 13, 2026 | California Cosmetic Regulations, U.S. Regulatory
In a landmark decision for cosmetic and personal care manufacturers, a federal court in Sacramento has permanently prohibited the State of California from enforcing Proposition 65 cancer warning mandates for products containing the common surfactant diethanolamine...
by Sagarika Sharma | Sep 9, 2026 | California Cosmetic Regulations, Our View, U.S. Regulatory, U.S. State Updates
On July 3, 2026, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Safer Consumer Products Program finalized a regulation to add para-phenylenediamine (PPD) derivatives to its Candidate Chemicals List. This new inclusion is scheduled to go into effect on...
by Sagarika Sharma | Sep 9, 2026 | California Cosmetic Regulations, Cosmetics, U.S. Regulatory, U.S. State Updates
A major coalition of more than 60 national and California-based trade associations are urging the California Legislature to enact an immediate pause on the implementation of Senate Bill 54 (SB 54). SB 54, California’s landmark extended...
by Srishti Chaudhari | Apr 13, 2026 | California Cosmetic Regulations, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cosmetics, Cosmetics, U.S. Regulatory, U.S. State Updates
California Air Resources Board is conducting its 2025 Personal Fragrance Products Technical Assessment to evaluate the feasibility of meeting the 50% VOC limit using current and emerging technologies. All required data submissions must be provided by March 31, 2026,...
by Srishti Chaudhari | Feb 13, 2026 | California Cosmetic Regulations, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, U.S. State Updates
CalRecycle has officially published the annual update to the Covered Material Categories (CMC) list under California’s SB 54 (Plastic Pollution and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act). This update, effective Jan 2026, is critical for determining if your packaging...
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