CIR Approves and Pauses Ingredients at Recent Session

The 141st Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel met last month. Here’s a look at some details:

Final Safety Assessments:

• Acid Violet 43 – 1 ingredient
• Alkoxyl Alkyl Silanes – 4 ingredients
• Carbonate Salts – 6 ingredients
• Citrus Flower- and Leaf-Derived Ingredients – 33 ingredients
• Citrus Plant- and Seed-Derived Ingredients – 30 ingredients
• Dialkyl Carbonates – 6 ingredients
• PEG Propylene Glycol Derivatives – 7 ingredients
• Saccharide Esters – 40 ingredients

Tentative Safety Assessments:

• Butyl Polyoxyalkylene Ethers – 46 ingredients
• Ethers and Esters of Ascorbic Acid – 7 ingredients
• Hydroxy-3,4-Methylenedioxyaniline HCl – 1 ingredient

Insufficient Data Announcement:

• Monoalkylglycol Dialkyl Acid Esters – 28 ingredients
• Persulfates – 3 ingredients
• Plant–Derived Proteins and Peptides – 19 ingredients

In the plant-derived proteins, ingredients ranged from jojoba protein to pisum sativum (pea) protein. Data and/or comments to CIR must be submitted by Feb. 17, 2017.

The next panel meeting is slated for April 10-11, 2017.

More info: www.cir-safety.org