Eurofins | Newsflash - October 2018 | Cosmetics

China

Opening of a new cosmetics clinical laboratory in Guangzhou, China

The Consumer Products Testing (CPT) division of Eurofins Scientific is proud to announce the opening of a new cosmetics clinical testing laboratory in Guangzhou.

Our brand new and ultramodern Eurofins Cosmetics Clinical Centre in Guangzhou is fully equipped and offers a broad range of clinical testing services, including cosmetics safety, efficacy studies and consumer research.

Eurofins Consumer Product Testing (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd. offers:

Size of lab: 650m²
Competences:

15 Highly skilled and experienced technical team with in-depth understanding of local Asian markets
Technical support directly from our top-tier cosmetics laboratories in France and other international locations
Lab testing under controlled environment
High-end equipment

Services:

Clinical studies

Efficacy testing
Safety testing

Consumer Research Studies

In-vitro studies for hair care products.

Europe

Recent SCCS Opinions on Cosmetics

Following some recent Opinions of Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS):

Request for a scientific Opinion on:

SCCS- UV-filter Methoxypropylamino Cyclohexenylidene Ethoxyethylcyanoacetate (S87) (CAS 1419401-88-9). Submission II 10 September 2018

Final opinion cosmetic ingredients:

SCCS - Final Opinion on Skin Sensitisation Quantitative Risk Assessment for Fragrance Ingredients (QRA2) – Submission I.

Preliminary opinions open for comments:

SCCS- Salicylic acid (CAS 69-72-7) - Submission I SCCS/1601/18 - 10 September 2018

Note: Open for comments until 14 November 2018.

California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act approbation

On 31^st August 2018, the California State Assembly approved Senate Bill 1249 against animal testing for cosmetics.

After 1^st January 2020, no animal test could be used to develop cosmetic products in US or imported.

Now the bill has been sent to Governor Jerry Brown for being signed.

Canada

Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist update

In September 2018, the Government of Canada updated the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist.

In this update the following item has been added:

Cannabis was added to the list of prohibited substances as result of the coming into force of the Cannabis Act.

China

CFDA proposed public consultation regarding Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics

On September 7^th 2018, China Drug Administration issued a public consultation on the Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics.

The public consultation will last for 1 month, until 10^th October 2018.

The complete notification can be found here (in Chinese).