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Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2020 HSR002552, consolidated 1 January 2026

New Zealand’s Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2020 sets conditions for cosmetic products under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.

New Zealand’s Cosmetic Products Group Standard 2020 sets conditions for cosmetic products under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. The consolidated 1 January 2026 text restricts components listed in Schedules 4 to 8 and contains routeable HMI values for carbon black colourant impurity profiles and mercury-containing preservatives in eye products. Carbon black and carbon black (nano) have total arsenic, total lead, and total mercury impurity ceilings. Thiomersal and phenylmercuric salts used as eye-product preservatives are limited to 0.007 percent mercury.

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