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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).
Notices of publication and a consolidated list for designated standards for cosmetic products.
Forms for the notification of serious undesirable effects (SUEs) from cosmetic products in Great Britain.
Information on how to report a serious undesirable effect (SUE) or safeguarding issue for cosmetic products.
People and businesses are invited to share their views on how to make non-surgical cosmetic procedures safer as thousands complain of ‘botched’ procedures.
An independent research report.
Product Safety Report for children’s cosmetic kit presenting a medium risk of suffocation.
Information on the exemption process to allow the use in cosmetic products of substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction.
This independent report sets out recommendations to protect people who choose cosmetic surgery.
Product Safety Report for El Paradis Cosmetic Nature Secrete A L'Huile D'Argan presenting a serious chemical risk.
Product Safety Report for CT Cosmetics Extra Pure White Gold Glowing, B.S.C. Black Spot Corrector presenting a serious chemical risk.
Guidance for businesses on Regulation 2009/1223 and the Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013.
We are seeking your views on what procedures should be in scope of the licensing scheme for non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England.
OPSS would like to invite any interested parties, to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of nanomaterials used in cosmetics.
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