The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety -known by the acronym in English Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, SCCS- is an independent committee made up of experts from various countries and is at the service of the European Union.
Its main function is to assessing the safety of cosmetic ingredients, at the request of the European Commission, and publish reports on these evaluations.
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety also regularly publishes the Notes of Guidance, The reports include recommendations from guidelines for the cosmetics industry to consider, and raw materials in the development of studies suitable for use in the safety assessment of substances and products.
You are at Notes of Guidance are, in short, publications that make it possible to incorporating new scientific and regulatory knowledge and developments into the cosmetics field.
The SCCS and its importance for cosmetic formulation
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety is permanently active in the field of cosmetics safety, providing opinions on ingredients. His evaluations concern the formulation of Colourants, Fragrances, Nanomaterials, Preservatives, Sunscreens and various others.
The existing scientific evidence on the safety of cosmetic ingredients and products is evolving day by day, in large part thanks to bodies such as the SCCS. Therefore, we believe that any formulator should consult their reports, If you want to have peace of mind and keep up to date with changes in European legislation.