Health Canada Consults on Proposed Updates to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist

Background

The Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist (Hotlist) is an administrative tool that Health Canada uses to communicate to manufacturers and others that certain ingredients may be prohibited or restricted for use in cosmetics. It consists of two distinct tables, one for ingredients identified as prohibited ingredients and another for those identified as restricted ingredients.

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