EC Scientific Committee To Reconsider Preservative MI Use In Cosmetics

New data from trade association Cosmetics Europe has prompted the EC’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety to take another look at the safety of methylisothiazolinone when used in rinse-off products and leave-on hair products. Previously, the committee’s assessment of the preservative found that there was no safe concentration when used in leave-on cosmetic products.

The EC’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety will consider use of preservative methylisothiazolinone in rinse-off products at a higher concentration threshold than previously recommended, as well as the ingredient’s use in leave-on hair products, based on new data supplied by trade group Cosmetics Europe.

In December 2013, the committee adopted the opinion that there is no safe concentration of MI in leave-on products, but the ingredient is safe when used in rinse-off products at concentrations less than or equal to 15 ppm Also see "

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