Consultation on harmonized classification and labeling
Last September, ECHA opened a consultation on the classification and labeling of listed substances. Its cosmetic function and the proposed classification are included: Potassium Salt (INCI: POTASSIUM EDTMP - CAS: 34274-30-1): This ingredient is used in cosmetics as a...
Creation of a Cosmetics Europe consortium to study Octocrylene
In light of the restriction intention notified by ANSES in October 2023, Cosmetics Europe is calling for interested companies to join a technical ingredient collaboration related to Octocrylene. The aim of the consortium is to identify information already available on...
Publication of EU Regulation 2024/996 that modifies EC Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products
Publication of Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/996 of 3 April 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the use of vitamin A, Alpha- Arbutin and Arbutin and certain substances with possible endocrine...
Aluminium – Final Opinion – Submission IV
Last December the SCCS published the Preliminary Opinion on the safety of Aluminum, now it publishes the Final Opinion. The SCCS considers Aluminum to be safe in cosmetic products when used in: - Non-sprayable products at concentrations indicated in Tables 1 and 2 of...
Triphenil Phosphate – Preliminar Opinion
Ingredient used as a plasticizer in nail products with potential endocrine disruptor properties. According to the data provided, the SCCS cannot conclude its safety at a maximum use of 5% of Triphenyl Phosphate since it cannot exclude its genotoxic potential. In this...
Benzophenone-4 – Final Opinion
In April 2023, the SCCS published a preliminary opinion open to comments on Benzophenone-4, after a year open to comments and evaluation, the Final Opinion has been published with the following conclusions. Focusing primarily on its endocrine disrupting potential, the...
Citral – Preliminary Opinion
The SCCS publishes the Preliminary Opinion on the safety of Citral with the following conclusions: (1) In light of the data provided and taking under consideration the derived upper safe levels using QRA2 methodology for the sensitisation endpoint, does the SCCS...
Silver – Preliminary Opinion open for comments
On November 21, 2023, the European Commission requested the scientific opinion on Silver as a cosmetic ingredient from the SCCS. At the last Plenary Meeting, the SCCS published its Opinion with the following conclusions: It is concluded that micronized Silver is not...
Red 18 – Mandate
Red 18, an ingredient used in formulations for oxidation dyes. In 2015, the SCCS received an industry dossier to support the safe use of “HC Red 18” in cosmetic products. In its corresponding opinion (SCCS/1569/15), the SCCS concluded that "the use of HC Red No. 18...
HC Yellow 16 – Mandate
HC Yellow 16, an ingredient used in formulations for oxidation and non-oxidation dyes In 2015, the SCCS received an industry dossier to support the safe use of “HC Yellow 16” in cosmetic products. In its corresponding opinion (SCCS/1568/15), the SCCS concluded that...
Butylparaben Exposure in Children – New Mandate for evaluation
The ingredient Butylparaben is currently regulated as a preservative (Annex V, entry 12a) in a concentration up to 0.14 % (as acid) when used on its own or for the sum of its combined use with propyl paraben and its salts (Annex V, entry 12a, column g). Butylparaben...
Prostaglandin analogues: Ethyl Tafluprostamide, Methylamido-Dihydro-Noralfaprostal y Isopropyl Cloprostenate – New mandate for evaluation
In 2018, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) reported to the European Commission that cosmetic products intended to promote eyelash growth were increasingly available on the market. These products contain substances such as prostaglandins or their...