COSMED, the French Association of small-and medium-sized cosmetics manufacturers, held its 11th Conference in Marseille on March 24. Many people attended and got different views on the changes due to the new Regulation, which will be mandatory in 2013. It was also a time for informal exchanges between cosmetics professionals. CosmeticOBS-L'Observatoire des Cosmétiques was there and reports.
March 28, 2011
From Afssaps
While in 2010, 4 inspectors performed 52 controls, in 2011, 28 are planned.
Pay attention to the kits
During the 2010 campaign,
Afssaps
inspections, in cooperation with inspectors from the
DGCCRF
(the French Agency in command of consumers and fraud) targeted "kits" that consumers may use to "manufacture" their own products at home. A good idea! No batch number and traceability troubles, safety concerns, substandard microbiology quality of 50% of the products, the "do-it-yourself" is not that good and amusing! The final report is not yet available, but Cosmetics Observatory will tell you more then!
Target of the soon-to-come campaign: men’s cosmetics
Toxic molecules in our cosmetics
The report about random inspections targets two products in which NDELA (or n-Nitrosodiethanolamine) was found. NDELA is a substance from the nitrosamines family, classified as
CMR
due to its possible carcinogenic effect; it may contaminate cosmetics. Up to 50µg/kg is allowed by regulation. In a to-be-rinsed-off product, imported from Korea, 170 µg/kg was detected, and 150µg/kg in another product. …
