“The aim of a voluntary standard is not to deliver unattainable requirements”.

Danièle Chiambaretto, a consultant pharmacist at the Agence régionale de santé du Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, has been heavily involved in the development of voluntary standards for cosmetic products, and now chairs the AFNOR commission on good tattooing practices. A look back at his adventures in voluntary normalization.