Giulio Pirotta
Neovita consulting
via Solferino, 4
21040 Uboldo (VA), Italy
+3902936780394
g.pirotta@neovita.it

In this issue, H&PC Today is introducing the “Regulatory area” column, that aims at:

• Highlight new regulations in Europe and world
• Discussing practical implementation of rules and guidelines
• Looking at doubts and loopholes in the regulation

Regulatory area will appear on a bimonthly basis in the form of synthetic articles covering topics like:

• New and forthcoming regulations
• Claims and testing to be complaint
• Regulation and its real impact on the cosmetic industry
• Emerging constraints and opportunities
• Borderline issues
• Other regulations with impact on the cosmetic industry

According to the REGULATION (EC) No 1223/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, safety is evaluated according to guidelines in annex I and the COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 25 November 2013 on Guidelines in Annex I.

Both documents outline in some points the need of a check of the microbiological q ...