Question follow-through · 7268
Cosmetics: Allergies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging cosmetic retailers to highlight allergens in the ingredient list.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging cosmetic retailers to highlight allergens in the ingredient list.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Oct 2024
Answer published
The UK Cosmetics Regulation requires manufacturers to provide a full list of ingredients for cosmetics products.In addition, cosmetics that contain fragrance allergens, must identify the presence of these ingredients by referring to them as ‘parfum’ or ‘a...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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