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Prohibited chemicals are the top regulatory and legal concerns for small to mid-sized cosmetic and personal care businesses according to IBA.
Some of the biggest challenges are coming from class action lawsuits and consumer-enforced accountability around contaminants and substances deemed unsafe for consumers rather than from Federal Drug Administration requirements, Donald Frey, president of the Independent Beauty Association, told CosmeticsDesign.
One of the prominent issues for Frey is recent recalls of benzene-related products ensuing from analytical testing performed by Connecticut-based pharma and analytics company Valisure. In that case, Frey said recalls were not driven by FDA action, but by the “court of public opinion.”
“The levels detected were very low but there was a lot of press about it which has caused some companies to withdraw their products from the market until they can figure out what is causing it,” he said. “Benzene is obviously a safety concern, but these are cases where it was not knowingly or intentionally added.”
Q&A
Cosmetic formulation platforms like Novi Connect and The Good Face Project have entered the R&D process hoping to make access to data easier and more simple.
CosmeticsDesign spoke with Stacey House, chair-elect of the New York Society of Cosmetics Chemists, about what these types of platforms mean for formulators today.
Click here to read more about Novi Connect and The Good Face Project.
Tell me a little bit about what the initial impact of these types of platforms is for formulators.
There are different buckets that we’re able to put these tools in.
SuperOrdinary paved its way in beauty helping US brands move into the Chinese market, and as Honest Co begins that journey lessons can be learned by the industry.
The clean beauty-focused brand announced in September the company would be expanding into the Chinese market with the help of SuperOrdinary, which has guided more than 30 brands through similar moves into China and other markets in Southeast Asia.
CEO and founder of SuperOrdinary Julian Reis said after being closely involved in the rise of social commerce in China, the company aims to be a partner for brands it determines viable in Asian markets.
Before moving forward with a brand into foreign markets Reis said it’s important that a company has the appropriate corporate infrastructure to withstand organizational stresses like cash flow and demand planning.
The world has seen massive supply chain interruptions over the past few years, and Euromonitor says industries may be facing more challenges.
Euromonitor recently released a video outlining four threats to the global supply chain and what they will mean in the short and long term.
Industrial insights manager at Euromonitor Justinas Liuimia said the manufacturing sector has made recoveries from the pandemic as factors like investment, production capacity and supply flow bounce back.
“There are still many risk factors that are beyond the control of companies and this will continue to put pressure on global supply chains,” Liuimia said.
