Safety Assessment for Cosmetic Products
Safety assessment, performed by qualified and experienced safety assessors, evaluates the product safety to consumers under normal and foreseeable conditions of use, as well as product compliance to global markets.
Every cosmetic product placed onto the market must be safe for use in the intended application. You must be in a position to demonstrate such safety and able to provide adequate information to authorities and consumers. Independent product safety assessments help you protect human health, business integrity and market share.
What SGS can help?
SGS's qualified toxicologists support you with a full range of independent product safety assessment solutions to help you successfully access target markets.
- Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR) for European Union (EU) and Great Britain (GB)
- Toxicology risk assessment (TRA) for the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and ASEAN countries
- Cosmetic Safety Assessment Report (CSAR) for China
How long will a safety assessment take?
It takes 10 working days (after all required information is received) for a regular service.
What kind of information shall be submitted for a quotation?
- Product type
- Formulation (substance names with CAS No. and percentage of individual composition)
For more information about safety assessment service, please refer to 'FAQ' section.
What is a cosmetic product safety report (CPSR) for EU market?
SGS's cosmetic safety assessors work with you to collate and present the details required for the CPSR. Following is an introduction to the cosmetic product regulation, the CPSR comprises two parts, cosmetic product safety information and a cosmetic product safety assessment.
Part A: Cosmetic Product Safety Information
This section requires product information and test data. If you have the relevant data available, we can conduct the Cosmetic Safety Assessment. If not, we can conduct the necessary testing and supply data accordingly.
You will need:
- Quantitative and qualitative composition
- Physical/chemical characteristics and stability
- Microbial quality
- Impurities, traces in the product and information on the packaging material
- Normal and foreseeable use
- Exposure to the product
- Exposure to the ingredients
- Toxicological profile of the ingredients
- Undesirable effects of the product
- Other
We offer all testing services at our fully equipped, state-of-the-art-facilities (in Europe, Asia & the USA).
Part B: Cosmetic Product Safety Assessment
A safety assessor’s expert opinion as to why the product is safe to be placed on the market.
