Fragrance allergens
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
EU Cosmetic Directive amendment restricting use of 24 fragrance ingredients postponed due to technical mistakes in the text. The European Commission's Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress was scheduled to vote on the proposal Oct. 5, but will instead hold an open meeting with industry to discuss a new draft, expected to be released the week of Sept. 25. The original amendment would have required a "can cause allergic reaction" label warnings on products containing the 24 ingredients said to be fragrance allergens (1"The Rose Sheet" Nov. 29, 1999, p. 4). The proposal also contained restrictions for alpha hydroxy acids and hair dyes
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EU unlikely to require general warning statement "can cause allergic reaction" on fragrance labeling following an Oct. 5 meeting of the European Commission's Committee on Adaptation to Technical Progress. EU member states felt the caveat "would not add anything to the important information and may even be potentially misleading," Colipa says. Instead, the Cosmetic Directive amendment probably will require only ingredient labeling of 24 known fragrance allergens. The draft is expected to be released in November and voted on in December. A vote on the proposal had been planned for Oct. 5, but was postponed due to technical errors in the text (1"The Rose Sheet" Sept. 25, In Brief)
Fragrance allergens
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