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Check what you need to do to sell cosmetic products in Great Britain.
How to submit a cosmetic product notification to the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).
Find out which regulations apply to your products and where to go for further information on how to comply with them.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
Information on how to report a serious undesirable effect (SUE) or safeguarding issue for cosmetic products.
Product Safety Report for CT Cosmetics Extra Pure White Gold Glowing, B.S.C. Black Spot Corrector presenting a serious chemical risk.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.
Product Safety Report for children’s cosmetic kit presenting a medium risk of suffocation.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
Product Safety Report for Uniparco Pure White Cosmetics Gold Glowing presenting a serious chemical risk.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Decision for applicant BNP Best Natural Products GmbH against registration number 14173768, applicant successful.
Product Recall for LOL Triple Layer Cosmetics Tin sold by Argos (Batch 1F01) presenting a health risk.
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR) to market a herbal medicine in the UK.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
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