Latest cosmetics news in brief: AFNOR: 4 collections of standards about the environmental labeling - L'Oreal buys Nickel - Triman postponed for a year - Deadline extended for comments of the SCCS Opinions on nanos - Revlon acquires The Colomer Group - New Board of Directors, in Cosmebio - Pierre Fabre passing away - REACH: a reminder of the obligation of information - CFDA consults on the approval of a new cosmetic ingredient - CLH consultation launched on hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde - India bans testing of cosmetics on animals - FDA publishes guidance for Good Manufacturing Practices - Cosmetics Regulation: a White Paper about the hair-dressers’ obligations - Evaluation of local toxicity / irritation of vitamin A - REACH: the situation on the 31 May 2013 due date - Parliamentary fact-finding mission on environmental labelling …
September, 16 - 4 collections of standards about the environmental labeling
New collections of standards have been released by AFNOR Editions, the French standardization publisher. They deal with everything to know about the environmental labeling linked to four important categories of products: personal-care products, furniture and TV sets, sports items and food products.
Each of these collections comprises the ISO 14020 standard, which deals with the labels and the environmental claims applicable to any type of mass-market commodity.
Among them, the “Environmental Labeling of personal-care products” collection. It includes the sector guides that deal with personal-care products such as washing powders, shampoos, toilet paper and disposable diapers for babies.
• The
Environmental Labeling standards collection about personal-care products
is available on the AFNOR e-shop, for 189 € before VAT, 214 pages.
September, 11 - L'Oreal buys Nickel
After the French daily
Le Figaro
website, L’Oreal group has made an offer to buy the Nickel brand from the Interparfums Group, for € 3.2 million (GBP 2.66 million; USD 4.2 million). The transaction, effective on 31 December 2013, comprises the brand and the two beauty salons, in Paris and New York.
September, 9 - Triman postponed for a year
It was to …
