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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2023, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (6): 673-678.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2023.06.009

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Analysis on the current situation and deficiency of cosmetic rawmaterial standards

Gu Yuxiang1,*(),Liu Shu2,Zhou Yu1   

  1. 1. Shanghai Institute of Quality Inspection and Technical Research, Shanghai 200233, China
    2. Shanghai Center for Medical Device and Cosmetics Evaluation and Inspection, Shanghai 200020, China
  • Received:2022-06-01 Revised:2023-05-31 Online:2023-06-22 Published:2023-06-25
  • Contact: *Tel.: +86-21-57493125, E-mail: guyuxiang1@sina.com.

Abstract:

The quality of cosmetics greatly depended on the quality of raw materials. Through the analysis and sorting of cosmetics raw material standards, it was found that the existing national and industrial cosmetics raw material standards included limited and permitted substances in “Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics”, basic materials and raw materials that might contain harmful impurities. The number of preservative standards accounted for more than 1/4 of all national and industrial cosmetic raw material standards. There are some raw materials that might contain harmful impurities, such as methanol, asbestos and diethylene glycol, in ethanol, talc powder and glycerol, respectively. If the amount of these impurities is not controlled, it might cause health damage to the consumers. Different from the concerns of government departments, the group standard focuses on the raw material standards of basic raw materials and plant extracts. Although there are many common raw materials without special standards for cosmetics, they could refer to the standards of other industries. However, the attention should be paid to the applicability of these standards. For example, only a few standards of colorant food additives could fully meet the requirements of “Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics”. Nowadays, the raw materials standards only account for a small part of raw materials allowed in “Catalogue of used cosmetic raw materials”. The popular nano component standard is missing, and the setting of characteristic indicators in the raw material standards of plant extracts is also insufficient. The lack of unified cosmetic raw material standards brings great difficulties to the quality control of enterprises and the supervision of government. In the future, it is suggested to strengthen the draft of raw material standards for cosmetic raw materials that may contain harmful impurities, functional components, nano components and plant extracts, to improve the standardization system of cosmetic raw materials.

Key words: cosmetics, raw material, standard, current situation, deficiency

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658