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How to submit a cosmetic product notification to the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).
Check what you need to do to sell cosmetic products in Great Britain.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Information on how to report a serious undesirable effect (SUE) or safeguarding issue for cosmetic products.
There’s a ban on supplying luxury goods to anyone in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) or Syria, directly or indirectly.
Product Safety Report for children’s cosmetic kit presenting a medium risk of suffocation.
Product Safety Report for CT Cosmetics Extra Pure White Gold Glowing, B.S.C. Black Spot Corrector presenting a serious chemical risk.
Forms for the notification of serious undesirable effects (SUEs) from cosmetic products in Great Britain.
Product Safety Report for Uniparco Pure White Cosmetics Gold Glowing presenting a serious chemical risk.
Decision for applicant BNP Best Natural Products GmbH against registration number 14173768, applicant successful.
Find out how to apply to become a child's special guardian.
Information on the exemption process to allow the use in cosmetic products of substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction.
Product Recall for LOL Triple Layer Cosmetics Tin sold by Argos (Batch 1F01) presenting a health risk.
Contact your council if you run an establishment for massage or other special treatments and need a premises licence
Find out which regulations apply to your products and where to go for further information on how to comply with them.
OPSS would like to invite any interested parties, to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of nanomaterials used in cosmetics.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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