Is this an excuse for the delays in giving many long-awaited for opinions, especially when the new Cosmetics Regulation is fully implemented? The SCCS has released a Memorandum by way of a reminder to the industry, comprising a major message: numerous dossiers submitted to the experts are incomplete or contain non relevant data. This would be particularly significant for the dossiers on nanomaterials. Attention all listeners …
Memorandum on Scientific Evaluations and Opinions to be adopted by the SCCS
Memorandum adopted at the SCCS Plenary meeting on 18 June 2013
Safety of cosmetic products is based on the safety of the ingredients. The “Notes of Guidance for Testing of Cosmetic Ingredients and Their Safety Evaluation by the SCCS” is a document compiled by the members of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS, replacing the former SCCP, SCCNFP and SCC). The document contains relevant information on the different aspects of testing and safety evaluation of cosmetic substances in Europe. It is designed to provide guidance to public authorities and the cosmetic industry, in order to improve harmonized compliance with actual cosmetic EU legislation.
As early as 2001/2002 the SCCNFP, a predecessor of SCCS, has brought attention to incomplete dossiers submitted for safety evaluations of cosmetic ingredients. Following this, in 2002 the SCCNFP outlined the requirements for toxicological dossiers for safety evaluations of cosmetic ingredients . This resulted in availability of improved dossiers for safety evaluations. However, in the past few years, the SCCS has found that several dossiers submitted are lacking necessary information/studies for the safety evaluation of the respective cosmetic ingredient. The SCCS, therefore, emphasizes that …
