by delphic-admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Europe
On 4 April 2024, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) issued its final opinion on the safety of benzophenone-4 when used as UV-Filter in cosmetic products up to a maximum concentration of 5%. It can be accessed here. The SCCS concluded that...
by delphic-admin | Jan 23, 2024 | EU
On 15 December 2023, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published its draft opinion on the safety of UV filter benzophenone-4 in cosmetic products (available here). The SCCS concluded that benzophenone-4 is safe when used as UV filter...
by delphic-admin | Oct 30, 2023 | UK
On 28 September 2023, the Scientific Advisory Group on Consumer Safety (SAG-CS) published its opinion on butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) in cosmetic products (accessed here). This assessment comes from a call for data issued by the Office for Product Safety and...
by delphic-admin | Jul 22, 2023 | Europe
On 9 June 2023, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published its final opinion on salicylic acid (can be accessed here). This further assessment for this ingredient is related to its suspected endocrine disrupting properties. The SCCS concluded that:...
by delphic-admin | May 28, 2023 | Oceania
The EPA plans to update ingredients lists in line with the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009. The proposed changes include: ban 322 substancesrestrict 90 substancespermit one colouring agentpermit three preservativespermit six UV filters The EPA also intends to...
