COSMETICS COMPANIES LEFT IN THE DARK OVER REACH DEADLINE
September 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE FIRST deadline to register chemicals under the European Union's (EU) REACH chemical control system arrives on November 30. The cosmetics and other personal care product industries are waiting to see whether their suppliers will log the paperwork on time - something it has struggled to find out in advance.
Cosmetics companies are generally downstream users in the REACH world, meaning they are not responsible for registering chemical ingredients they use under REACH. However, this also means they have been virtually left in the dark during ...
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