Introduction: Green Chemistry, What it Really Means; How REACH Affects Cosmetic Ingredients; Organic Ingredients; Nanomaterial Challenges and Problems; EU Regulations on Plant Allergens and Their Consequences; Harmonizing Global Overall Requirements for Ingredient Characterization; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points; Good Manufacturing Practice; Proving Cosmetic Efficacy; Advertising Cosmetic Efficacy: Rules and Regulations; Packaging and Labelling Requirements; Finished Product Legislation -- China; Finished Product Legislation -- Australia, Canada, and Rest of World; Patents: Their Importance in Today's Cosmetics Environment.

Cosmetic risk assessment / Regulatory developments in Canada, Japan, China, and Australia / Registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals : the new EU regulation / Emerging global regulatory trends impacting the health and beauty industry / Developing a global regulatory strategy : leveraging local knowledge to drive rapid market entry / Toxicity of cosmetics : regulatory requirements / Restricted substances in consumer goods / Non-animal testing methodology / Nanomaterials in personal care products and FDA regulation / Green chemistry : foundations in cosmetic sciences / REACH--life in and outside the EU : how REACH will affect the supply chain / Cosmetic ingredients : definitions, legal requirements, and an attempt to harmonize (global?) characterization / "26 allergens" in cosmetics : a challenge for all stakeholders / Manufacturing cosmetic ingredients according to good manufacturing practice principles / Safe cosmetics and regulatory compliance : from burden to opportunity (cosmetics as vectors for bioterrorists?) / Cosmeceutical (antiaging) products : advertising rules and claims substantiation / Cosmetic claim substantiation : methods and legal framework / The impact of global regulations on packaging / Global cosmetic regualtions? a long way to go ... / Global patent and trade mark strategies : a must for everybody?