16th Plenary Meeting of the SCCS
During June 24-25, the 16th plenary meeting of the SCCS took place. At this meeting, various topics related to cosmetics were discussed, among which the following stand out: General information from GROW Coming adoption of Omnibus III (including TiO2 exemption) and...
IFRA 50th Amendment
IFRA has notified its latest update, known as IFRA 50th Amendment. This particular Amendment solely addresses the prohibition of use for the fragrance material Mintlactone as specified below and comes in addition to previous Amendments to the IFRA Code of Practice. As...
Methyl-N-methylanthranilate – New Draft Implementing Act amending Regulation 1223/2009
A new draft implementing act amending Regulation 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Methyl-N-methylanthranilate (M-N-MA) in cosmetic products has been published. This New Draft Implementing Act amending Regulation has been...
Triclocarban and Triclosan – New mandate for the evaluation of cosmetics ingredients
The Commission makes a request for a scientific advice to the SCCS on the safety of Triclocarban and Triclosan as substances with potential endocrine disrupting properties in cosmetic products. On November 2018, the Commission adopted a review of Regulation (EC) No...
Alpha and beta arbutin – New mandate for the evaluation of cosmetic ingredients
The Commission makes a request for a scientific opinion to the SCCS on the safety of alpha and beta-arbutin in cosmetic products. Alpha-arbutin (α-arbutin) and the structurally related compound (optical isomer) beta-arbutin (β-arbutin) are not currently regulated by...
Fullerenes and Hydroxylated Fullerenes – New mandate for the evaluation of nanomaterials
The Commission has requested the SCCS to carry out a safety assessment of fullerenes and hydroxylated fullerenes. Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 states that "nanomaterial" means an insoluble or biopersistent and intentionally manufactured material with one or more...
Platinum (nano) and its derivatives (nano) – Final Opinion
The SCCS publishes its final opinion on the nanomaterials in cosmetic ingredient Platinum (nano) and its derivatives (nano). On April 16, the preliminary opinion of the SCSS on this nanomaterial was published. After considered all the scientific information provided,...
Gold (nano) and its derivatives (nano) – Preliminary Opinion
The SCCS has published its final opinion on the nanomaterials in cosmetic ingredient Gold (nano) and its derivatives (nano). On April 16, the SCSS published the preliminary opinion of Gold (nano) and its derivatives (nano). After considered all the scientific...
Homosalate – Final Opinion
The SCCS publishes its final opinion on the cosmetic ingredient Homosalate. On November 6, 2020, the preliminary opinion of the SCSS was published. After considered all the scientific information provided, the SCCS concludes that on the basis of safety assessment of...
Corrigenda to Regulation 2021/850 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217
The European Commission has published a corrigenda to Regulation 2021/850 that introduced modifications and corrections to Annex II and modifications to Annexes III, IV and VI of Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products by not assigning numbers to the entries...
SVHC – Europe proposed to identify resorcinol
As previously reported, the ECHA Member State Committee did not agree to identify Resorcinol as a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) due to its endocrine disrupting properties. However, subsequently, the Member State Commission notes that medical case reports...
Meeting of the Working Group on Methodologies
On May 28, the SCCS working group meeting on methodologies took place. The following topics were discussed at this meeting: Threshold for Toxicological Concern (TTC) Organ on-chip (OoC) Thyroid function - This will be helpful in particular as the SCCS is going through...