Risk Assessment for Cosmetic Raw Materials

A commission from Ministry of health of the people’s republic of china, which is health standard system project (amendment)

Note:

The Guideline stimulates the China cosmetic raw material risk assessment terms, general principles, technology and requirements.

The Guideline also apply to China cosmetic raw materials and cosmetics products that bringing impurities during progress by raw material or in the production process.

This Guideline will become one of the Chinese National Standards, and it is the first Guideline to instruct the cosmetic manufactures or importers how to perform a risk assessment on cosmetic raw materials. The principle of risk assessment takes ideas from the publication mainly from Europe and U.S., e.g. SCCP, EPA, WHO, IPCS. It recommends Qualitative assessment & quantitate assessment--- the use of index like MOS (Margin of safety), LCR (Lifetime Cancer Risk) to evaluate the safety of cosmetic raw materials.

Reference Links

• Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Cosmetic Raw Materials (2011)