Cosmetics for children are not harmful
Posted by admin | Under economic, economy, opinions, people, top news Tuesday Oct 27, 2009A generally favorable findings. This emerges from the survey conducted jointly by the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products (AFSSAPS) and the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and Fraud (DGCCRF) on cosmetic products for children under three years. The controls operated by the two agencies have focused on packages containing washing gel, lotion, cream or cleaning wipes, distributed in some pregnancies but also cosmetic products for children and marketed in the country. Specifically, between October 2008 and February 2009, Afssaps completed twenty inspections on 47 cosmetic products. During these inspections, 37 samples of products for analysis were performed.For its part, the DGCCRF investigated between December 2008 and March 2009: 32 products have been checked and 21 samples including 4 involving products from kits distributed in maternity wards have been made.
Some products "non-compliant"
First observation: cosmetics examined contain no substances prohibited by the regulations. For Afssaps and DGCCRF, "microbiological testing performed were all led to results showing a good microbiological quality of these products. In detail, regarding allergens, 31 samples 34 were found to conform. At the Conservatives on 37 samples, only one was found not to comply. Another study: labeling.For both organizations, labeling study proved "satisfactory" although on some products, the rules were not respected. Thus, eight products, the ingredient list was not intended (error of ingredients, not respected order of weight) or the expression of date of minimum durability was not consistent for four products.
Strengthen checks at European level
Finally, the survey, progress remains to be done regarding the quality of the safety assessment for human health. Of 47 products tested, no assessment has been found for three products sold by one company and 44 evaluations were considered "improved."Regarding the companies alerted on this point, Afssaps noted an improvement in the quality evaluation certificates, "but the progress can not be considered sufficient. The survey by the DGCCRF has resulted in an administrative policy measure (injunction) and four regulatory reminders. A decision on animal health has notably been taken against a company that did no assessment to the supervisory authorities.
The results of the audits will be presented to other countries in the European Union to draw their attention to the need to strengthen inspections of cosmetic products for children on the European market.