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Post-Meeting News Revealed from CIR Panel

What component is only safe as a hair dye? Find out here!

At the 151st meeting of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel, held June 6-7, 2019 in Washington DC, final safety assessments and other news were unveiled. The next expert panel meeting is Sept. 16-17, 2019. 

Here are the results:
 
Final Safety Assessments

• Alkoxylated Fatty Amides – 40 ingredients – Safe with qualifications

• Basic Red 76 – 1 ingredient – Safe as a hair dye

• Alkanoyl Lactyl Lactates – 10 ingredients – Safe with qualifications

• Polyaminopropyl Biguanide – 1 ingredient – Safe with qualifications, except insufficient for potentially inhaled products

Tentative Safety Assessment

• Parabens – 21 ingredients – Split conclusion (20 safe with qualifications; 1 insufficient)
• Silica & Synthetic Silicates – Split conclusion (2 safe with qualifications; 22 insufficient)

Insufficient Data Announcements
•    Glycerin Ethoxylates – 8 ingredients 

•    MCI/MI – 2 ingredients (only when used together) 

•    Caprylhydroxamic Acid – 1 ingredient 

•    Soy-Derived Ingredients – 28 ingredients 

•    Vanilla-Derived Ingredients – 9 ingredients 

•    Capryloyl Salicylic Acid – 1 ingredient 


Re-Reviews

• BHT – do not re-open 

• Imidazolidinyl Urea – do not re-open

• EDTA – do not re-open

• Acetyl Triethyl Citrates – do not re-open

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