In mid-November, the EU Commission published its second, updated version of its catalog of nanomaterials used in cosmetics. The first version appeared in 2017. According to Article 16, 10 (a) of EU Regulation 1223/2009 (Cosmetics Regulation), the EU is mandated to provide public access to a catalog of all nanomaterials…
Substances that the CLP Regulation classifies as carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic (CMR) may, under certain conditions, still be contained in cosmetics. The EU Commission made that decision at the most recent meeting of the working group for cosmetics. The crux of the issue is that some requirements of the Cosmetics…
As of August 23, 2019, cosmetics containing Lyral may not be marketed. That’s the content of EU Regulation 2017/1410 of the Commission, dated August 2, 2017. Article 2 of the Regulation also forbids any sales of cosmetics that contain the fragrance in the UE market after August 23, 2021. In its opinion paper of June 26–27, 2019, the Scientific Committee…
The Turkish health ministry has aligned its legal regulations on cosmetics with the requirements of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (only in Turkish). The following concrete changes result: Turkey prohibits 2-chloro-p-phenylenediamine along with its sulphate and dihydrochloride salts in hair, eyebrow, and eyelash-dye products. Turkey limits the use of 1-(4-chlorophenoxy)-1-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone (Climbazole) in dandruff shampoos…
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) of the EU has examined the solubility of various forms of synthetic amorphous silica (SAS) and determined both the hydrophilic and the hydrophobic forms of SAS chemicals to be insoluble. In January 2018, the Association of Synthetic Amorphous Silica Producers (ASASP) submitted a…
In particular, tooth whiteners are often deficient. A CMR substance, sodium perborate (German only), was found in one sample, and an excessive amount of hydrogen peroxide was found in another. Those are the findings the Official Cosmetics Control Laboratories (OCCLs) discovered in a market surveillance project in 2013-17. The European…
