The SCCS has published the Corrigendum to the Scientific Advice on the Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics. On January 11th, the SCCS published the conclusions of the scientific advice regarding the opinion on the safety of nanomaterials. After a period of comments,...
The SCCS has published its final opinion on the nanomaterials copper and colloidal copper. On November 9th, the SCCS published it preliminary opinion open for comments on the cosmetic ingredients copper (nano) and colloidal copper (nano). After reviewing all the...
The SCCS requests opinions to establish the threshold from which the warning “Contains Formaldehyde” should be used, in Annex V, preamble point 2 for formaldehyde-releasing substances. Formaldehyde is a cosmetic ingredient that is currently on the list of prohibited...
The SCCS’ scientific opinion is requested on prostaglandin analogues used in cosmetic products. The European Commission opened a period of time to collect scientific data on the safety of prostaglandins and their analogues as cosmetic ingredients, from June to October...
The meeting of the SCCS Working Group on cosmetic ingredients took place on January 19th . The points discussed at this meeting were the following ones: Draft opinion Aluminium in lipstick Benzophenone-3 Octocrylene Methylsalicylate Hair Dye Acid Yellow 3 - C054...
The SCCS has published its preliminary opinion, open to comments, on the cosmetic ingredient Octocrylene. Previously, the Commission requested the SCCS to carry out a safety assessment on Octocrylene. Currently, this cosmetic ingredient is regulated as a UV filter in...
The meeting of the SCCS Working Group on Nanomaterials took place on 14th January. The points that were discussed during this meeting are listed below. Preliminary opinions open under finalisation: Scientific advice on the safety of nanomaterials in cosmetics...
The Working Group of the SCCS met last December 14th on a meeting about nanomaterials in cosmetic products. Next, we list the points that were discussed in the meeting. Preliminary Opinions open for comments: Scientific advice on the safety of nanomaterials in...
The SCCS has published scientific advices regarding the opinion on the safety of nanomaterials. On October 5th, the SCCS published its opinion open to comments on the safety of nanomaterials, in the absence of scientific advice. The available scientific literature has...
On December 15th, the meeting of the SCCS’ Working Group on Cosmetic Ingredients took place. The following draft opinions were discussed at this meeting: Aluminium in lipstick Benzophenone-3 Octocrylene Methylsalicylate Hair Dye Acid Yellow 3 The following opinions...
On December 16th, the meeting of the SCCS’ Working Group on Methodologies took place. In this meeting, there was one single point to discuss: The presentation of the second draft of the 11th revision of the Notes of Guidance. The updated draft was discussed and...
On December 15th, the meeting of the SCCS’ Working Group on Cosmetic Products took place. In this meeting, the following opinion drafts were discussed: Addendum for the opinion of aluminium in lipsticks Benzophenone-3 Octocrylene Methylsalicylate Hair Dye Acid Yellow...