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CIR Panel Releases Latest Beauty & Personal Care Ingredient Findings

Cosmetic decisions for formulation and product development made at 158th expert session for skin care, makeup, hair care, cleansers and more.

At the 158th meeting of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel, held online Sept. 13-14, final safety assessments for personal care and beauty components and other news were unveiled.
 
The next Expert Panel meeting is slated for December 6-7, 2021 to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams.

 
Here are the results from the September 2021 session:
 
Final Safety Assessments
·Red Algae – 60 ingredients – Split (16 safe; 44 insufficient)
·Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) – 8 ingredients – Safe with qualifications
·Levulinic Acid – 2 ingredients – Safe with qualifications
·Polyquaternium-6 – 1 ingredient – Safe
·Saccharide Isomerate, et al. – 7 ingredients – Safe

Tentative Safety Assessments
·Barley – 16 ingredients – Split (4 safe; 12 insufficient)
·Equisetum arvense – 5 ingredients – Safe
·Methicones – 30 ingredients – Split (safe; insufficient with incidental inhalation)
·Silicates – 24 ingredients – Split (safe; insufficient with incidental inhalation of naturally sourced)
·Saccharum officinarum (Sugarcane) – 4 ingredients – Safe
·Rosa damascena – 10 ingredients – Safe with qualifications
·Ubiquinone – 4 ingredients – Safe
·Basic Yellow 57 – 1 ingredient – Safe in hairdyes
 
Insufficient Data Announcements
·Diatomaceous Earth – 1 ingredient
·Glyceryl Acrylates – 4 ingredients
·Glycolactones – 5 ingredients
·Yeast – 8 ingredients
·Zeolites – 6 ingredients

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