According to the consumer umbrella organization BEUC, the European Commission changed its tune last year on whether carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substances are automatically prohibited from use in cosmetics, taking a direction that compromises public safety and invites legal challenges. The EC maintains it has provided procedural and legal clarity while upholding the Cosmetics Regulation's general CMR ban.
An umbrella group of consumer advocacy organizations says the European Commission's updated regulatory approach to carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) substances in cosmetic products is "plainly illegal" and could be a matter for the courts to resolve.
In a December letter to the EC's Working Group on Cosmetic Products, BEUC, aka the European Consumer Organization,...