They have been adopted during the plenary meeting, on September 18, 2012, and are open for comments until october 22. The SCCS has just released eight new opinions on nano-zinc, acetaldehyde and six hair dyes.
Nano-Zinc
The SCCS published its Opinion on Zinc oxide (nano and non-nano) as a UV filter in sunscreens but also as a coloutant in other cosmetic products.
• See the article Nano-zinc: a (very) careful Opinion, by the SCCS
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde (CAS: 75-07-0) is listed in the European inventory of cosmetic ingredients as a masking agent and nail conditioning agent.
• For the background, see
the article
announcing the Opinion request
In cosmetic products, two possibilities of occurrence of acetaldehyde can be distinguished:
• Used as a fragrance/flavour ingredient in fragrance compounds used in cosmetic products. The SCCNFP concluded in its opinion of 25th May 2004 that acetaldehyde can be safely used as a fragrance/flavour ingredient at a maximum concentration of 0.0025% (25 ppm) in the fragrance compound.
• In the form of unavoidable traces originating mainly through Plant extracts and botanical ingredients or Ethanol.
The SCCS is of the opinion that acetaldehyde, present up to 100 ppm in cosmetic products, is not safe based on life time cancer risk. However, the calculations are based on a number of worse case considerations which will lead to an overestimation of the risk.
Exposure from the dermal, inhalation and oral route cannot …
