ASEAN Introduces Amendments to the Ingredient Lists of ACD: 3 New Ingredients Included and 13 Ingredients Revised

In the 35th ASEAN Cosmetic Scientific Body (ACSB) meeting, ASEAN adopted new changes to cosmetic ingredients in the Annexes of the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive (ACD): 1) Annex II: List of prohibited ingredients – 1 added and 1 revised 2) Annex III: List of restricted ingredients – 1 added and 10 revised 3) Annex VI: List of permitted preservatives – 1 added and 2 revised

The 35th ASEAN Cosmetic Scientific Body (ACSB) meeting was held in May 2022, during which it approved amendments to cosmetic ingredients in the Annexes of the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive (ACD). ¹

The detailed amendments are related to 2 prohibited ingredients, 11 restricted ingredients and 3 preservatives, as shown in the tables below (the text in red indicates changes to the previous lists):

1. Annex II – List of Prohibited Ingredients: one added and one revised

Besides, it was agreed in the meeting to correct the letter sequencing in ACD Annex II Category Material as:

(g) (f) Mixtures of Category 2 material with Category 3 material;

(h) (g) Animal by-products other than Category 1 material or Category 3 material;

2. Annex III – List of Restricted Ingredients: 1 added and 10 revised

In this meeting, Indonesia also updated other member states on the decision to include the following eight ingredients as restricted ingredients, consistent with ACSB's inclusion of these substances in its 34th meeting.

ASEAN Introduces Amendments to the Ingredient Lists of ACD: 3 New Ingredients Included and 13 Ingredients Revised

1. Annex II – List of Prohibited Ingredients: one added and one revised

2. Annex III – List of Restricted Ingredients: 1 added and 10 revised

3. Annex VI – List of Permitted Preservatives: one added and two revised

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