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Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Memorandum
The SCCNFP has provided an opinion (SCCNFP/0017/98 adopted on 8 December 1999) on those substances which are well recognised as being allergens and for which there is the need to provide the consumer with information about their presence when they are incorporated into fragrance compounds used in cosmetic products.
Hitherto, because of the lack of dose/elicitation data for these substances, the SCCNFP has been unable to provide recommendations on levels above which the information to the consumer would be necessary.
The SCCNFP is aware that for practical risk management reasons there is a need for threshold levels for the provision of information.
It is noted that there is a proposal that for leave-on products this should be 10 ppm in the finished cosmetic product.
Regarding rinse-off products, the SCCNFP would consider a working level ten times higher than that recommended for leave-on products to be reasonable.
The SCCNFP has provided an opinion (SCCNFP/0017/98 adopted on 8 December 1999) on those substances which are well recognised as being allergens and for which there is the need to provide the consumer with information about their presence when they are incorporated into fragrance compounds used in cosmetic products.
Hitherto, because of the lack of dose/elicitation data for these substances, the SCCNFP has been unable to provide recommendations on levels above which the information to the consumer would be necessary.
The SCCNFP is aware that for practical risk management reasons there is a need for threshold levels for the provision of information.
It is noted that there is a proposal that for leave-on products this should be 10 ppm in the finished cosmetic product.
Regarding rinse-off products, the SCCNFP would consider a working level ten times higher than that recommended for leave-on products to be reasonable.
