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Verifying natural ingredients via carbon-14 testing

Although natural labelling in the beauty industry has traditionally been notoriously unregulated, the outcome of four recent legal cases in the US indicates that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is willing to hold a company accountable for “100% natural” or “all natural” claims and take action when a product labelled as such is found to contain synthetic ingredients.1

 It is therefore in the commercial and legal interests of manufacturers to identify analytical tools that allow them to verify and measure the natural source before risking the bottom line and brand name. 

The move toward plant-based ingredients places a greater responsibility on cosmetics manufacturers to test that raw materials purchased as ‘natural’ have not been adulterated and to substantiate claims on their final products through reproducible analyses such as carbon-14 testing

Booming market for natural cosmetic products

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Shanghai World Expo Exhibition And Convention Center(SWEECC)
20th-22nd March 2024

in-cosmetics Global

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
16th – 18th April 2024

NYSCC Suppliers' Day 2024

Javits Center, New York
1st - 2nd May 2024

9th Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference

Royal College of Physicians, London
25th - 26th June 2024

in-cosmetics Korea 2024

Hall C, Coex, Seoul, South Korea
24th - 26th July 2024

in-cosmetics Latin America 2024

São Paulo, Brazil
25th - 26th September 2024

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