Regulatory Open Forum

Hi folks.

Hopefully have a quick question - our company is in the consumer product space (cosmetics, OTC, personal care, etc.) and we are trying to figure out a way to stay ahead (or at least up-to-date) of packaging material requirements globally.  As an example, the French have put out a ban on ABS (Styrenics) in consumer products starting in 2025.  This ban originally came out as being a complete ban on the use of these materials and just recently was changed to a ban on any packaging component that was >50% ABS in 2025 and a full ban on the use of ABS in 2030.  I am hoping that someone on the forum would be willing to share if they have any consultants or services that might be able to assist me in getting a more detailed and ongoing look into these regulations when they publish.  

As many of you may realize, one of the biggest issues in the global market is that when the regulations change (especially for a single market) it is often difficult to identify the change has happened and even more difficult sometimes to understand the impact of that change unless you are fluently able to read the native language since this sort of thing is typically notified to the public via some sort of official document like the Federal Register in the US or the Official Journal of the EU.  So I am hoping someone might be able to point me in the correct direction on this.  Thanks in advance!

Hi folks.

Hopefully have a quick question - our company is in the consumer product space (cosmetics, OTC, personal care, etc.) and we are trying to figure out a way to stay ahead (or at least up-to-date) of packaging material requirements globally.  As an example, the French have put out a ban on ABS (Styrenics) in consumer products starting in 2025.  This ban originally came out as being a complete ban on the use of these materials and just recently was changed to a ban on any packaging component that was >50% ABS in 2025 and a full ban on the use of ABS in 2030.  I am hoping that someone on the forum would be willing to share if they have any consultants or services that might be able to assist me in getting a more detailed and ongoing look into these regulations when they publish.  

As many of you may realize, one of the biggest issues in the global market is that when the regulations change (especially for a single market) it is often difficult to identify the change has happened and even more difficult sometimes to understand the impact of that change unless you are fluently able to read the native language since this sort of thing is typically notified to the public via some sort of official document like the Federal Register in the US or the Official Journal of the EU.  So I am hoping someone might be able to point me in the correct direction on this.  Thanks in advance!