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SCC Suppliers ‘day 2020 workshop on “Essential Elements of Cosmetic Regulation, Safety Assessment, and Quality Assurance”
Jay Ansell, Ph.D., DABT, ERT; Vice President of Cosmetics Programs, the Personal Care Products Council:(PCPC) and Birgit Huber, Deputy Director General, The German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association (IKW)
Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) / The German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association (IKW)
Jay Ansell, Ph.D., DABT, ERT; Vice President of Cosmetics Programs, the Personal Care Products Council:
What is your session theme for this year and what can attendees expect from this workshop?
To complement last year’s highly successful session, we will present on the topic “Essential Elements of Cosmetic Regulation, Safety Assessment, and Quality Assurance,” to highlight the fundamentals of regulatory, safety, and product quality requirements. We hope this workshop helps to facilitate participants’ understanding of the essential elements in assuring the development and marketing of safe and high-quality cosmetics and personal care products.
Why is this an important topic for US companies?
Innovation is at the heart of the personal care products industry. Delivering innovative, safe and high-quality cosmetics is one of our highest priorities. In many instances, companies rely on third-party experts to help to assure their products meet regulatory, safety and quality requirements. The session is intended to be helpful to those in marketing, sales, formulating chemists and others who are responsible for managing the development and marketing of personal care products in the US.
Birgit Huber, Deputy Director General, The German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association
IKW is partner of the workshop. What is the German perspective in that workshop?
The workshop offers interested parties an overview of important aspects of the legislation on cosmetic products in the USA, but also in the EU. In the EU, a so-called product information file must be kept for each product, which contains a comprehensive safety assessment. Many countries around the world have adopted this safety requirement. The IKW has together with the DGK e.V. (German Society for Scientific and Applied Cosmetics) developed a unique training program in English. It includes online available webinars. Interested parties worldwide can use it to familiarize themselves with this field.
Details can be found at https://www.safetyassessor.info
About Personal Care Products Council
Based in Washington, D.C., the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) is the leading national trade association representing global cosmetics and personal care products companies. Founded in 1894, PCPC’s 600 member companies manufacture, distribute, and supply the vast majority of finished personal care products marketed in the United States. As the makers of a diverse range of products millions of consumers trust and rely on every day, from sunscreens, toothpaste and shampoo to moisturizer, lipstick and fragrance, personal care products companies are global leaders committed to product safety, quality and innovation.
About The German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association (IKW)
IKW, the German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association (Industrieverband Körperpflege- und Waschmittel e. V.), is the industry and trade association of manufacturers and distributors of cosmetic, toiletry, perfumery, detergents and household cleaning products. The more than 430 members of IKW account for over 95 percent of the industry. All well-known big global players of the industry operating in Germany are members of IKW. The majority of the members are small and medium-size manufacturers and distributors.
Founded in 1968 and located in Frankfurt/Main, the main business hub of Germany, IKW voices opinion on national and global economic, legal, technical and scientific issues which are of mutual concern to its members.
Not surprising for a German industry association, IKW is committed to particularly demanding standards of product quality and safety. Within this mission its own teams of experts from various task forces examine fundamental health issues and perform thorough environmental assessments of products and their ingredients.
IKW is supporting the participation of its members in important international exhibitions (German Pavilions) and is founding member of the European associations Cosmetics Europe and A.I.S.E. (International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products), both based in Brussels, Belgium.
