Clarifying Cosmetic Ingredient Requirements for Recalled Cosmetics

CFDA released the 1st list of unqualified cosmetics found in the market in 2017, detailing the reasons for inspection failure. Here Chemlinked specifies the correct and concrete requirements of specific ingredients. Unqualified Marketed Cosmetics and Misused Ingredients...

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Unqualified Marketed Cosmetics and Misused Ingredients

No.	Product Types	Items Fail to Meet the Standard	Legal Basis
1	Olive Skincare glycerin	colony-forming unit (CFU) 9700CFU/ml Should be =< 1000CFU/ml	Cosmetic Hygiene Standard (2007)
2	Horse Oil& Alpha Hydroxy Acid Hand Cream	colony-forming unit (CFU) 330000CFU/ml Should be =< 1000CFU/ml	Cosmetic Hygiene Standard (2007)
3	Ocean Water&Mineral Silk Icing Mask	clobetasol propionate 47.346ug/g should be prohibited	GB/T 24800.2-2009
4	Children Olive Moisturizer	acrylamide 0.208mg/kg should be 0.1mg/kg	CFDA XU[2011] No.96 Document Annex 1
5	Dark Violet Hair Dye Cream	2,6-diaminopyridine 0.364% Should be =<0.004%	CFDA BAOHUA[2012] No.13 Document Annex 10
6	Amaranth Hair Dye Cream	2,6-diaminopyridine 0.564% Should be =<0.004%	CFDA BAOHUA[2012] No.13 Document Annex 10
7	Softening & Cleansing Lotion	Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (count the concentration of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid) less than 0.01% Should be prohibited	Cosmetic Technical and Safety Standard (2015)

Analysis:

Standard of CFU: according to Cosmetic Hygiene Standard (2007), for eye products, oral mucosa products and infant or children cosmetics, CFU should be no more than 500CFU/ml (g), for ordinary products, CFU should be no more than 1000CFU/ml (g);
Standard of clobetasol propionate: according to Cosmetic Technical and Safety Standard (2015), clobetasol propionate belongs to glucocorticoid hormones category, which may lead to facial black spot, facial shrinking and corticosteroid-dependent dermatitis, and is banned to use in cosmetics;
Standard of acrylamide: according to Cosmetic Technical and Safety Standard (2015), acrylamide is a carcinogen and banned as a component in cosmetics. But acrylamide is a common residual in cosmetics, and when used in leave-on products, acrylamide as residual should be no more than 0.1mg/kg;
Standard of 2,6-diaminopyridine: according to Cosmetic Hygiene Standard (2007), 2,6-diaminopyridine should be no more than 0.0004% in cosmetics
Standard of Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate: according to Cosmetic Technical and Safety Standard (2015), Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate is a preservative and is banned to use in cosmetics.