17 kinds of cosmetics are newly banned, including plant extracts & fragrances

In January, the China Institute for Food and Drug Control issued a "Notice on Soliciting Opinions on the Catalogue of Prohibited Cosmetics." Another batch of 17 raw materials has been on the blacklist of supervision. The one-month solicitation period has passed, and the revision of this "Prohibited Catalog" is also nailed down.

17 new banned ingredients for cosmetics

3-benzylidene Camphor, new lily of the valley aldehyde, TAGETES ERECTA extract, TAGETES ERECTA oil, 2-chloro-p-phenylenediamine, 2-chloro-p-phenylenediamine sulfate, Boric Acid, boron Acid salts, tetraborate and other borates and esters, sodium perborate, FORMALDEHYDE, paraformaldehyde, methylene chloride, etc.

Most of the raw materials do not appear frequently in current cosmetics. 3-benzylidene camphor is a relatively old-fashioned sunscreen; new lilyal is also an allergenic fragrance that has long been banned by the EU; 2-chloro-p-phenylenediamine (and its salts) is a p-phenylenediamine hair dye , Has high allergenicity and has also been banned by the European Union.

However, there are still some raw materials that appear in domestically marketed products, such as boric acid and its analogs, which occupy a small portion of the page, as well as marigold flower extract and marigold flower oil.

This article analyzes the problem of marigold flower extract/oil. A list of products on sale containing these ingredients is also attached at the end of the article, don't miss it.

Marigold flower extract/oil has been banned from the EU in cosmetics in 2019.

Marigold itself is a common flower bed plant on the roadside. More than ten years ago, research on green pesticides used marigolds and other plants as research objects. The trithiophene and its analogues extracted from these plants can produce insecticidal effects under the action of light and oxygen. This kind of insecticides can be degraded naturally, so they are called "green pesticides", and they are also widely used to kill mosquitoes and control agricultural pests.

Although there are still no cases of people having photosensitivity dermatitis to marigold flower extract/oil, EU research believes that the α-tertthiophene is phototoxic to humans. After years of seesaw, the EU finally banned the addition of marigold flower extract/oil in cosmetics (especially sunscreen) in 2019.

Cosmetics on sale that contain marigold extract/oil:

Dr.G Gentle Repairing Sunscreen (Green Label), HACCI Honey Moisturizing Sunscreen Lotion, FARMACY Sunscreen Cream, DAISY SKY Daytime Separation Lotion, Ji Cunxi Light Sensing Discoloration Separation Spray, etc.

It should be noted that these cosmetics are all cosmetics that have been on sale before the revision of the "Prohibited Catalog", and they are not intended to add banned ingredients in brand research and development. If there is a product you are using, you can consider disabling it.