Approved Preservatives for Cosmetics

Content - Current EU legal framework - Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 on cosmetic products - Definition of a preservative in the Cosmetics Regulation - Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) - Cosmetic ingredients database (CosIng) - Legal situation in other countries - USA -Japan - ASEAN states and China - Other countries - Active ingredient data - Organic acids - Formaldehyde and formaldehyde donors - Phenolics - Inorganic sulphites and hydrogensulphites - Alcohols -Hydroxybenzoic acid and its salts and esters (parabens) - Organobromine compounds - 3-Iodo-2-propinylbutylcarbamate - Cationic compounds - Amids - Amidines - Isothiazolinones - Glutaraldehyde - Climbazole - Pyridin N-oxides - Mercury compounds - Silver chloride - The need to combine preservatives - References - Index (INCI Names)