The SCCS Notes of Guidance for the testing of cosmetic ingredients and their safety evaluation, 11th revision, 30–31 March 2021, SCCS/1628/21

Bernauer U, Bodin L, Chaudhry Q, Coenraads PJ, Dusinska M, Ezendam J, Gaffet E, Galli CL, Granum B, Panteri E, Rogiers rapporteur V, Rousselle C, Stepnik M, Vanhaecke T, Wijnhoven S, Koutsodimou A, Uter W, von Goetz N (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology Elsevier

Book Volume: 127

Article Number: 105052

DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.105052

Abstract

The “SCCS Notes of Guidance for the Testing of Cosmetic Ingredients and Their Safety Evaluation, 11 th Revision” (SCCS/1628/21) contains relevant and updated information on the different aspects of testing and safety evaluation of cosmetic substances in Europe. The emphasis is on cosmetic ingredients for which a concern has been expressed for human health. Indirectly, the Guidance also provides some advice on the safety of finished products. A general aim is to improve harmonised compliance with the current cosmetic EU legislation, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, for which animal testing and marketing bans fully apply from 2013 onwards. This means that no in vivo testing of ingredients or finished products is allowed in Europe for the purpose of cosmetics. For this reason, the SCCS has closely followed the progress made in regard to the development and validation of alternative replacement methods, also referred to as new approach methodology (NAM). The “SCCS Notes of Guidance” are regularly revised and updated in order to incorporate progress made and experience gained over time, in particular on the use of NAMs, and the new methods and data that became available since previous revision (SCCS/1602/18) formed the basis of the current (11 th) Revision.

Authors with CRIS profile

Wolfgang Uter Professur für Epidemiologie

Involved external institutions

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique FR France (FR) University of Chester GB United Kingdom (GB) University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) / Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen NL Netherlands (NL) Norwegian Institute for Air Research / Norsk institutt for luftforskning (NILU) NO Norway (NO) Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment / Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) NL Netherlands (NL) Institut Jean Lamour FR France (FR) Università degli studi di Milano IT Italy (IT) Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) / Folkehelseinstituttet NO Norway (NO) National and Kapodistrian University of Athens GR Greece (GR) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) BE Belgium (BE) French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) FR France (FR) QSAR Lab Ltd. PL Poland (PL) General Chemical State Laboratory GR Greece (GR) Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) CH Switzerland (CH) Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Bernauer, U., Bodin, L., Chaudhry, Q., Coenraads, P.J., Dusinska, M., Ezendam, J.,... von Goetz, N. (2021). The SCCS Notes of Guidance for the testing of cosmetic ingredients and their safety evaluation, 11th revision, 30–31 March 2021, SCCS/1628/21. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.105052

MLA:

Bernauer, Ulrike, et al. "The SCCS Notes of Guidance for the testing of cosmetic ingredients and their safety evaluation, 11th revision, 30–31 March 2021, SCCS/1628/21." Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 127 (2021).

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