Consumer goods
Foresight tracks the rules that reach your formulations and packaging, from allergens to PFAS, and runs the projects that follow.
ProjectsSubstance risk heatmap
- Grace Adeyemi
- Daniel Reyes
- Clodagh Moran
| Ingredient |  EU / NI |  GB |  US |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMDM hydantoin | |||
| Aluminium chlorohydrate | |||
| Retinol | |||
| D5 | |||
| HHCB |
- 5Priority
- 4Action
- 3Monitor
- 1–2Clear
DMDM hydantoin EU and Northern Ireland
Warning label now on all stock
- Label
- “Releases formaldehyde”
- Threshold
- 0.001% formaldehyde released
- Old stock
- Ended 31 July 2026
DMDM hydantoin Great Britain
Warning label since 15 July 2026
- Label
- “Releases formaldehyde”
- Threshold
- 0.001%
- Was
- 0.05%
DMDM hydantoin United States
Washington ban from 1 January 2027
- Measure
- WAC 173-339-110
- Old stock
- Sold until 1 January 2028
- California
- Not on its banned list
Aluminium chlorohydrate EU and Northern Ireland
New limits from 1 January 2027
- Measure
- Cosmetics Regulation, Annex III
- Limits
- 3.24% aluminium in aerosols
- Old stock
- Off the market from 1 July 2028
Aluminium chlorohydrate Great Britain
Nothing in force or proposed
- Checked
- GB Annex III, SAG-CS work plan
- As of
- 15 October 2026
Aluminium chlorohydrate United States
Regulated as an OTC drug
- Measure
- FDA antiperspirant monograph
- Limit
- Up to 25%
- Warnings
- “Do not use on broken skin”
Retinol EU and Northern Ireland
Limited to 0.05% in body lotion
- Measure
- Cosmetics Regulation, Annex III
- Old stock
- Off the market from 1 May 2027
- Label
- “Contains Vitamin A”
Retinol Great Britain
Under review, no limit yet
- Review
- On SAG-CS’s 2026 work plan
- EU limit
- Not adopted in GB
Retinol United States
Nothing in force or proposed
- Checked
- Prop 65, California law, TSCA
- As of
- 15 October 2026
D5 EU and Northern Ireland
Banned in leave-on after 6 June 2027
- Measure
- REACH Annex XVII, entry 70
- Limit
- Under 0.1% by weight
- Wash-off
- Limited since 31 January 2020
D5 Great Britain
Limited in wash-off, not leave-on
- In force
- Wash-off cosmetics only
- Checked
- HSE’s restriction intentions
- As of
- 15 October 2026
D5 United States
Nothing in force or proposed
- Checked
- Prop 65, California law, TSCA
- As of
- 15 October 2026
HHCB EU and Northern Ireland
Repr. 1B agreed, not yet adopted
- Hazard
- May damage the unborn child
- Cosmetics
- Banned once classified
- Label
- Named above 0.01% in rinse-off
HHCB Great Britain
Repr. 1B under review for GB
- Report
- Agrees with RAC on Repr. 1B
- Next
- An Agency Opinion, then a decision
HHCB United States
No measure reaches cosmetics
- Checked
- TSCA, Prop 65, California law
- As of
- 15 October 2026
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Rules reach every step, from suppliers to the shelf
One rule at each step of a typical consumer goods organisation, and what it means for you.
Suppliers
Butane propellant you buy must hold under 0.1% butadiene, or EU cosmetics law bans it in your deodorants.
Your sites
If your aerosol filling site stores 50 tonnes of LPG, EU Seveso rules require a policy to prevent major accidents.
Your products
From 17 October 2027, EU REACH bans microplastics added to rinse-off products such as your shower gels.
Your markets
New York law caps 1,4-dioxane, a surfactant by-product, at 1 ppm in your cleaners and shower gels.
On the shelf
Since August 2026, cosmetics on EU shelves that release over 10 ppm formaldehyde must be labelled “releases formaldehyde”.
Projects for consumer goods
Each is scoped to your products, packaging and markets, and Foresight checks every result against its source.
Understand your exposure
All 7 projects- Substance risk heatmapWhich of your ingredients face the most regulatory pressure, market by market, scored on your own scale.
- Portfolio impact assessmentWhich of your products and markets a restriction on one raw material reaches, and what has to change.
- Market entry requirementsThe notifications, labels and ingredient limits your cosmetics and cleaners need before they go on sale in a new market.
- Substitution screeningCandidate replacements for D5, PFAS and other restricted ingredients, checked for their own hazards and restrictions.
Keep watch
All 3 projects- Regulatory horizon scanningNew rules on the ingredients and packaging in your products, scored for your markets, most important first.
- Scientific literature monitoringNew studies on the ingredients you use, scored against the endpoints your safety team watches.
- Consultation trackingOpen consultations on the ingredients in your formulations, with the date each one closes.
Meet an obligation
All 9 projects- PPWR compliance programmeWhat the EU packaging regulation asks of each of your cans, bottles and trigger sprays, with its milestones and evidence in one plan.
- EPR reportingThe data on your bottles, cans and trigger sprays, prepared for each country’s packaging EPR scheme.
- Poison centre notificationsA notification and a UFI for each cleaner classified for health or physical hazards, in each EU market where you sell it.
Keep documents current
All 4 projectsDescribe the work. Foresight runs it and checks it.
Every project runs the same way, whatever the regulation. Here Foresight answers a customer’s substance questionnaire from your own records, and asks your suppliers for the rest.
Illustration of one project. The request reads: Answer this customer’s substance questionnaire from our records, and ask suppliers for what’s missing. Foresight reads the customer’s 86 questions and replies: I’ll answer what I can from your formulations, ask suppliers for the rest, and check each answer against its source. It plans the work: Read the questionnaire, Match each question to your records, Ask suppliers for the rest, Draft each answer with its source. Your records answer 79 of 86 questions. Foresight asks 3 suppliers for the other 7. Foresight checks each answer against its source, such as a supplier’s declaration that no PFAS are intentionally added. The answers go into the customer’s own file, each with its source, ready for Priya Nair, Product Stewardship Manager, to send back. Foresight goes on monitoring the rules behind each answer.
Say what you need in plain words, and share what you already have.
Foresight sets the scope, plans the work and drafts each deliverable with the sources it rests on.
Foresight checks each answer against its source.
The work comes back ready to use, and Foresight keeps it current as the rules change.
Your data, kept secure
Your data is kept in your organisation’s own workspace, separate from every other customer’s. It is encrypted in transit and at rest, including nightly backups, and is not shared with model providers for training. Foresight runs regular penetration tests.
How Foresight protects your data
What consumer goods teams ask
Does Foresight cover cosmetics as well as cleaners?
Yes. For cosmetics, Foresight watches the Cosmetics Regulation’s banned and restricted ingredients, and MoCRA in the US. For each cleaner classified for health or physical hazards, it prepares a poison centre notification and a UFI in each EU market where you sell it.
Can Foresight help with the EU packaging regulation?
Yes. A PPWR compliance programme sets out what the regulation asks of each of your cans, bottles and trigger sprays, with its milestones and evidence in one plan. Foresight also watches producer responsibility fees in each market and limits on green claims.
Can Foresight tell us what a new market requires?
Yes. Before your cosmetics or cleaners go on sale in a new market, Foresight sets out the notifications, labels and ingredient limits they need there.
How long before an ingredient needs replacing?
A substance risk heatmap shows when each measure applies to each of your ingredients, market by market, and how far any proposal has got. Every score links to its source. When a measure moves, Foresight rescores the cells it affects and checks each new score against its source.
What do you need from us?
A description of the work and the products it covers. Useful inputs include your formulations, the allergen declarations from your fragrance suppliers, your packaging specifications, the markets you sell into and any safety data sheets you already hold. You also set how the work is judged, such as your own scoring scale.
Tell us the work you need done
Foresight talks through your products, packaging and markets with you. You’ll see the scope and the price before the project starts.
