CIR Panel Reveals Final Safety Assessments

At the 143nd meeting of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel, held June 12-13, 2017, final safety assessments and other news was unveiled. Here are the findings:
 
Final Safety Assessments
●      Hydroxyethyl-3,4-Methylenedioxyaniline HCl – hair dye ingredient – Safe as used
●      Ethers and Esters of Ascorbic Acid – 7 ingredients – Safe as used

Tentative Safety Assessments
●       Plant-Derived Proteins and Peptides – 19 ingredients – Split conclusion
●      Monoalkylglycol Dialkyl Acid Esters – 28 ingredients – Split conclusion
●       Persulfates – 3 ingredients – Split conclusion
●      Polysilsesquioxanes – 18 ingredients – Safe as used
●      Ectodermal-Derived Proteins and Peptides (previously Tissue-Derived…) – 19 ingredients – Safe as used

 Re-Review
●      Quaternium-26 – not reopened
●      Biotin – not reopened
●      Glyoxal – not reopened

Tabled
●      Parabens – 20 ingredients
 
Insufficient Data Announcement
●      Polyaminopropyl Biguanide (polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride) – 1 ingredient
●       Malic Acid and Sodium Malate– 2 ingredients
 
The next expert panel meeting is September 11-12, 2017. Final safety assessments and final amended safety assessments will be posted on the CIR website at www.cir-safety.org