Garrs Cosmetic Safety

Cosmetic Product Safety Assessment at GCS

We provide Cosmetic Product Safety Assessment Reports to cosmetics business owners so they can legally and safely sell their products.  Read on to find out how cosmetic products are assessed and how to get a safety report from GCS.

How to get a Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR) at GCS

  • Email / contact us for a template to fill in (you can use the contact form to request the template).
  • The assessor will review the form, provide feedback on the recipe and send you a quote.
  • Once agreed and payment is received, CPSR is prepared and emailed back to you as a pdf.
  • The signed report belongs to you, and is for you to put in your Product Information File (PIF).

A CPSR also contains much of the information needed for the PIF. GCS sends information to all clients (free-of-charge) about the PIF, labelling, and portal notification.

Background Information

Assumptions

GCS will provide you with a safety assessment for your product or product range, which will allow you to sell your product in the EU or UK, after completion of the notification portals (CPNP or SCPN). The validity of your CPSR is based on a number of assumptions:

a) The CPSR is filed in the Product Information File (PIF) together with the Sales Specification for each ingredient (or a Certificate of Analysis of a single batch) and a (Material) Safety Data Sheet for each ingredient (where applicable).

b) The product label is legally compliant and any claims are substantiated.

c) Safety assessments and ingredient lists will be based on the products and recipes that you have sent us and that we have quoted for. The CPSR is only applicable to the formulation submitted.

d) All products are manufactured to suitable standards of hygiene and data recording, equivalent to the standards of GMP ISO 22716.

Legislation

EU Regulation 1223/2009 along with guidelines for Annex I for all EU member states and Northern Ireland, and as amended in The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (Schedule 34) for Great Britain.

EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) notes of guidance for the testing of cosmetic substances

How Cosmetic Products Are Assessed

What is a Cosmetic Product?

Is your proposed product a cosmetic? ‘Cosmetic product’ means any “substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance, protecting them, keeping them in good condition or correcting body odours.”

How is the safety of a Cosmetic Product Checked?

The safety of a cosmetic product is determined from looking at the ingredients. An assessor does not need samples of the product in order to do this. The approach to carrying out safety assessments of cosmetics in Europe is summarised by the European trade body: Cosmetics Europe. The safety assessment results in a final report, called a Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR).

Are Any Other Tests or Checks Required?

Before a product can be assessed some additional testing may be required (depending on the product type), such as preservative efficacy (PET – otherwise known as challenge testing) and stability testing. GCS does not provide this testing, but we can give you details of testing companies (see FAQs).

What is a CPSR?

CPSRs have two parts.

Part A
  • Description of your product including the formulation / recipe.
  • What testing has been carried out on your product (such as stability and microbiological testing).
  • Packaging.
  • Expected exposure.
  • Calculations for individual ingredients’ exposures to determine the daily systemic exposure dose (SED) and the margins of safety (MOS) or equivalent (required for all ingredients).
  • Comparison with legal limits found in the Annexes to Regulation 1223/2009 and with other limits for specific ingredients.
Part B
  • Safety Assessor’s summary of your product, taking into account all the information contained in Part A

Get in Touch

If you would like to discuss any of your products or ranges please fill out our short contact form below or email us directly at info@garrscosmeticsafety.co.uk. We will get back to you ASAP.