The 15th annual Perfumes & Cosmetics Congress held in Chartres, France, last November 15-16, 2017, started with the traditional update on the latest European news, presented from the two different standpoints of the Commission and the industry. After tackling the issues of claims, CMRs, nanomaterials, endocrine disruptors, and preservatives, the speakers dealt with allergens, microplastics, animal testing, and hair dyes, to finish with a new source of concern: lisbonisation.
Second part of our article
European cosmetics regulation: 10 topical issues (1/2)
Report on the presentations of Salvatore d'Acunto, Head of Unit for Health Technology and Cosmetics within DG Grow at the European Commission, and Gerald Renner, Cosmetics Europe’s Technical Regulatory Affairs Director.
6. Allergenic perfume substances: an impact study in 2018
‘Today, there are 26 substances to be labelled, but tomorrow, their number should rise up to 82 . All this involves a duty to inform consumers,’ Salvatore d'Acunto emphasized. ‘We have an SCCS opinion which should be transposed to the Cosmetics Regulation. Of course, there must be a balance between the requirement of informing consumers and that of ensuring proportionate costs for the industry. It is a specific, but important issue. We are going to conduct an impact study as required in this type of situation, and the work on this issue will be accelerated next year.’
This study will be an opportunity for the industry to reiterate its position on this issue: according to Gerald Renner, the obligation to take into account 82 allergenic substances would result in overloaded product labels and would complicate the identification of a particular allergen in an endless list of complex chemical …
