SF Safety Consulting & Innovation prepares CPSR (Cosmetic Product Safety Report), a European standard, for spray cosmetics. The Safety Assessment of cosmetic products is essential to guarantee a correct procedure that will bring more assertiveness, less time and reduced costs during the development of your product, ensuring greater safety for your company and the consumer. And when you talk…
The correct procedure will bring more assertiveness in the development of your cosmetic product, ensuring greater security for your company and the consumer. Find out more: Safety Assessment: Consists of a detailed analysis of the ingredients and formulations of cosmetic products. It takes into account toxicological data and information on consumer exposure to products. Focus on identifying and evaluating potential risks to human health. Help to…
Alternative Methods are all methods that use the concept of the 3Rs (“Refining”: reducing pain, “Replacing”: replacement, and “Reducing”: reducing the number of animals used in experiments). https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/science/sya-iccvam The search for ethical and effective methods for evaluating the safety of cosmetic products has been an increasing priority in this industry. To this end, the International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) and the Institute…
A report that includes a safety assessment cannot be confused with a clinical study of compatibility, or phototoxicity, or sensitization/allergenicity. The dossier also includes other analyzes and at the end brings the verdict on the safety of the product according to its mode of use and exposure time. A single clinical study cannot be used to “certify” or “declare” that the cosmetic product is…
Your company can reduce the time and cost of launching your products with the analysis of your formulas carried out by a safety assessor (Safety Assessor). SF Safety Consulting & Innovation can help your company! Discover the services of SF Safety Consulting & Innovation, which was created to support companies in the development of cosmetic products in a safe and effective way.…
Much more than reducing time and cost, safety assessment can predict the occurrence of adverse effects depending on how the product is used by the consumer. The company must follow all requirements imposed by the regulatory bodies of the country in which the product will be sold, but this alone is not enough to place a safe product on the market. A recent example…
Brazil has taken important steps in replacing, reducing and refining the use of animals in tests for scientific and regulatory purposes, implementing the 3Rs concept. BraCVAM (Brazilian Center for Validation of Alternative Methods), National Network of Alternative Methods (RENAMA), the National Council for the Control of Animal Experimentation (CONCEA) and the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) play crucial roles in this process. O…
Unfortunately, some animal tests are still necessary, but with the evolution of science and technology, there are alternative models to the use of animals such as in vitro tests, omics and in silico models. The application of a testing strategy based on knowledge of the molecular structure and its physicochemical properties is already a major advance in reducing costs and deadlines during development…
The movement that gave rise to Cruelty Free, free from animal cruelty, originated in Europe, mainly in Italy, France and Germany. Cruelty-free or free from animal cruelty, in Portuguese it means “free from cruelty”. This means it has not been tested on animals and applies not only to the final product, but to the entire formulation stage. These are cosmetic formulas that have not used animals for…
Tests can be classified as clinical and non-clinical studies. Clinical studies are carried out on human volunteers, following resolution No. 466, of December 12, 2012, published by the Ministry of Health, which provides for ethics, integrity and free and informed consent on the participation of human beings in research, through a consent form signed by the volunteer.…
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