Basic Blue 99 (C059) – New SCCS Mandate

Basic Blue 99 (C059) – New SCCS Mandate

On 1 April 2025, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) was mandated to assess the safety of Basic Blue 99 in view of the newly provided information on composition and analytical description, as well as additional genotoxicity results, when Basic Blue 99...
Basic Blue 99 (C059) – New SCCS Mandate

Basic Brown 16 (C009) – New SCCS Mandate

On 1 April 2025, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) was mandated to assess the safety of Basic Brown 16 in view of the newly provided information on genotoxicity studies and complementary mutagenicity tests in mammalian cells, when used as an...
Final SCCS Opinion on Salicylic Acid

Final SCCS Opinion on Salicylic Acid

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:...
Final SCCS Opinion on Salicylic Acid

Final SCCS Opinion on Triclocarban and Triclosan

The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published its final opinion on triclocarban and triclosan on 4th November. The SCCS conclusion has got some differences comparing to the draft opinion.  In its final opinion, the SCCS concluded that:...
Final SCCS Opinion on Salicylic Acid

Draft SCCS Opinion on Sodium bromothymol blue (C186)

On 28 October 2022, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published its draft opinion on the use of sodium bromothymol blue (C186), a new non-oxidative hair dye. The SCCS could not assess the safety of sodium bromothymol blue (C186) because the applicant...