378 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS

SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 379 SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN Scientific Committee REPORT CONCERNING THE ISSUE OF A LIST OF ACCEPTED COLORANTS FOR USE IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS July 1962 Tins report is divided into two parts, the first part dealing with synthetic organic colorants used in cosmetic products, the second part with the natural, inorganic and other materials employed as colorants in cosmetics. In the past when preparing lists of this nature, it has been found satis- factory to specify that the accepted foodstuff colorants of the country concerned shall be automatically included in the list of approved cosmetic colorants. At the time of preparation of this list, with the confusion between the United Kingdom, European Economic Community, United States of America and Canadian permitted foodstuff colour lists, it is felt wise to list in full the soluble synthetic organic dyestuffs required for cosmetics and not to rely in any way on the permitted foodstuff colorant lists of any specific country. In preparing the list, considerable weight has been given to the pharma- cological investigations now being carried out in several countries to assess the suitability or otherwise of synthetic colorants for use in cosmetics. In particular, we have endeavoured to include in our tentative list of cosmetic colorants only those colour additives on which pharmacological information has been, or, to our knowledge, will be published in the future. We consider of paramount importance that pharmacological work of this nature should be published in full when completed and be readfly available to all concerned. We have also borne in mind, but to a lesser degree, the commercial relations between the various countries of concern to the United Kingdom cosmetic manufacturer and the inter-relationships of considerable importance to the internationally based trading arrangements of many cosmetic colour users. Acknowledgment is also made to authorities in the fields of toxicology and pharmacology in the United Kingdom who have readfly given us access to their specialised knowledge in these fields and advised us in the compilation of this report. We accept the fact that a differential should be established between a colorant for use on the lips and in other products where ingestion may occur, and those colorants which are employed solely in externally applied prepara- tions. Throughout this report, colorants are specified wherever applicable using