Safety Assessment of Cosmetics in Europe

List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Foreword; Chapter 1: Cosmetic Products and their Current Regulatory Framework; Introduction; The Cosmetic Products Directive; Relevant 'Vertical' EU Legislations; Relevant 'Horizontal' EU Legislations; References; Chapter 2: Challenges Related to Cosmetic Safety Assessment in the EU; Introduction; Relevant Features of the General EU Risk Assessment Paradigm; Actual Challenges for the European Cosmetic Safety Assessor; References; Chapter 3: Critical Analysis of the Safety Assessment of Cosmetic Ingredients Performed at the European Level; Introduction; General Analysis of Published SCC(NF)P Opinions (2000-2006); Analysis of Three Contentious Areas in the EU Safety Assessment of Cosmetic Ingredients; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Safety Assessment of Cosmetic Ingredients Present in Technical Information Files of Finished Products; Introduction; Database Search for Safety Information on Cosmetic Ingredients; Risk Assessment of Cosmetic Ingredients in Finished Cosmetic Products in the EU; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: The Cosmetic Technical Information File in Practice; Introduction; The Legal Requirements in Practice: a Proposal; Some Practical Remarks; Proposed Framework for a TIF; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: The Use of Alternative Methods in the Safety Assessment of Cosmetic Ingredients; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Animal Testing and 3-R Alternatives in SCC(NF)P Dossiers; Cosmetic Animal Numbers Placed into Perspective; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Headlines of Safety Assessment of Cosmetics in Europe and Future Perspectives; Appendices; The Transposition of Directive 76/768/EEC into Belgian Law: a Practical Example; Proposed Framework for a Cosmetic Technical Information File; Data Input Forms; Subject Index.