In December 2025, the European Commission published a targeted legislative proposal under its Food and Feed Safety Simplification Omnibus. One of its most relevant elements for the biocides sector is a proposed amendment to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (the Biocidal Products Regulation, or BPR), extending certain data protection periods for active substances still undergoing review.

The Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM) was held in Basel (Switzerland) from 20 to 22 October 2025, bringing together more than 2,000 international participants, including industrial stakeholders, scientific institutes, authorities, professional associations and consulting companies.

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.