{"id":9860,"date":"2025-07-08T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/blog\/australia-reviews-its-sunscreen-filters-homosalate-oxybenzone-and-benzophenone\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:31:26","slug":"australia-reviews-its-sunscreen-filters-homosalate-oxybenzone-and-benzophenone","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/blog\/australia-reviews-its-sunscreen-filters-homosalate-oxybenzone-and-benzophenone\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia reviews its sunscreen filters: homosalate, oxybenzone and benzophenone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"269\">In <em>July 2025<\/em>, Australia\u2019s <strong>Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)<\/strong> opened a public consultation on potential changes to the regulation of three key sunscreen filters: <strong>homosalate, oxybenzone (benzophenone-3), <\/strong>and <strong>benzophenone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"635\">Australia, which has the highest skin cancer rates in the world, maintains one of the strictest regulatory frameworks for photoprotection. However, following recent safety reviews conducted by the <strong>U.S. FDA<\/strong> and the <strong>EU\u2019s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS)<\/strong>, the TGA has decided to reassess the concentration limits and conditions of use for these filters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"659\">The proposals include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"970\">\n<li data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"795\">\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"795\">Reducing the maximum allowed concentration of homosalate and oxybenzone, particularly in products intended for the face and hands.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"864\">\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"864\">Restricting their use based on consumer age or application site.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"970\">\n<p data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"970\">Limiting the presence of benzophenone, even when generated as an impurity from octocrylene degradation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1146\">These revisions reflect a global shift toward <strong>safer and more sustainable photoprotection<\/strong>, balancing UV-radiation efficacy with mitigation of systemic and environmental risks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1326\">For detailed information on the specific <strong>restriction options proposed for each ingredient<\/strong> and the underlying technical justifications, the <a href=\"https:\/\/consultations.tga.gov.au\/tga\/scheduling-pre-meeting-sunscreen-substances-sep-25\/user_uploads\/pre-meeting-public-notice---joint-41---homosalate-oxybenzone-benzophenone---sep-2025-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official TGA document<\/a> can be consulted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July 2025, Australia\u2019s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) opened a public consultation on potential changes to the regulation of three key sunscreen filters: homosalate, oxybenzone (benzophenone-3), and benzophenone. Australia, which has the highest skin cancer rates in the world, maintains one of the strictest regulatory frameworks for photoprotection. However, following recent safety reviews conducted by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":9859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-9860","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/9860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulatory.cosmeticsinmind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}