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In January 2026, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods, and Food Allergens (NDA) endorsed a draft opinion on the safety of plant preparations containing berberine.

Since 12 January 2026, the European Union has reached a major milestone in the protection of public health and water resources. The transition period provided for under Directive (EU) 2020/2184 (recast Drinking Water Directive) has now ended. 

The use of any new cosmetic ingredient must be safe. That is a legal obligation according to Article 3 of the European Cosmetic Regulation and in other cosmetic-related laws and standards throughout the world, but also a moral one, as it would be unethical to place on the market a substance that is toxic, or whose toxicity is unknown and for which safe exposure cannot be demonstrated.

The Directive (EU) 2020/2184, adopted on December 16, 2020, marks a pivotal change in the management of drinking water across EU. It replaces the 1998 directive and aims to ensure universal access to safe and high-quality drinking water while enhancing transparency, monitoring, and risk management. This legislation has significant implications for water suppliers, industries dealing with materials in contact with water, as well as consultants and other stakeholders in the sec

L'apparition inattendue d'impuretés de N-nitrosamines dans les médicaments a marqué un tournant réglementaire majeur. Ces composés, connus dans l'environnement et l'alimentation, ont forcé l'industrie pharmaceutique mondiale à revoir ses processus. Face à cette situation, une coordination internationale sans précédent a vu le jour entre les agences réglementaires mondiales, telles que la FDA (États-Unis),