Safety Assessments Revealed at CIR Panel

At the 149th meeting of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel, held Dec. 3-4, 2018 at The Darcy Hotel in Washington DC, final safety assessments and other news were unveiled.
 
The meeting agenda included four final reports, seven tentative reports and one insufficient data posting. Here are the findings from the most recent session:
 
Final Safety Assessments
            Hydroxyethyl Urea – 1 ingredient – Safe with qualifications 

            Methylxanthines – 3 ingredients – Safe as used 

            Acrylates Copolymer – 126 ingredients – Safe with qualifications 

            Vinylpyrrolidone Polymers – 30 ingredients – Split conclusion (27 safe; 3 insufficient) 


Tentative Safety Assessments 

            Salicylic Acid & Salicylates – 19 ingredients – Safe with qualifications 

            Alkyl Lactyl Lactate Salts – 10 ingredients – Safe with qualifications 

            Fatty Acids & Fatty Acid Salts – 102 ingredients – Safe with qualifications 

            Brown Algae – 82 ingredients – Split conclusion (6 safe; 76 insufficient) 

            Basic Red 76 – 1 ingredient – Safe as used 

            Benzyl Salicylate – 1 ingredient – Safe with qualifications 

            Alkoxylated Fatty Amides – 40 ingredients – Safe with qualifications 

 
Insufficient Data Announcement 

            Silica & Silicates – 40 ingredients
 
The next session is in April 8-9, 2019.