January 2011

JANUARY
2011
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JANUARY MEETING NOTICE
PERRY ROMANOWSKI
Skepticism and the Cosmetic Chemist
Thursday January 20th
Cocktails - 5:30
Dinner/Presentation - 6:30
MEMBERS: $45.00
NON-MEMBERS: $55.00
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East Farmingdale NY
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ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Perry Romanowski has spent
the last 18 years researching and
developing products to solve
consumer problems in the
personal care and cosmetic
industry. His primary focus has
been on hair & hair related
products. He is currently Vice
President of Brains Publishing
which specializes in science
education. He previously worked
for many years at Alberto Culver
most recently as a Senior Project
Leader for Hair Care Innovation.
Perry has been an active member
of the Society of Cosmetic
Chemistry, most recently the Area
II National Director. He has also
served various in various
positions within the Midwest
Chapter of the SCC, including
being Chapter Chair.
Perry received his B.S. in
Chemistry from DePaul
University and an M.S. in
Biochemistry. He has written and
edited numerous articles and
books, taught the Beginning
Cosmetic Chemistry continuing
education class, and developed
various websites including
Chemists Corner. His latest book
project is "Can You Get Hooked
on Lip Balm" which is being
published by Harlequin in
February.
Perry can be reached thorough his
website ChemistsCorner.com
where he is available for
consulting about cosmetic
formulating, testing, and Internet
solutions.
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A MESSAGE FROM OUR
CHAIR
Let me start by saying Happy New Year to everyone.
I hope you had a great 2010 and are looking forward
to another fulfilling year. As we look back on 2010, I
wanted to thank the board members for doing an
excellent job. Your timeless energy spent improving
the overall good of our chapter did not go unnoticed.
A special thank you to Julie Hidalgo, our chairperson,
for guiding this excellent group of volunteers.
Over the past year the chapter had very successful
events. The ski trip, golf outing, fishing trip and
family picnic all went off without a hitch. Thank you
to all the committee members for organizing and
running each event. As Julie mentioned in the last
newsletter we were very fortunate as a chapter to host
the 2010 National SCC mid-year meeting. Again, as
with all of the chapter’s events, the evening was
enjoyed by everyone. Thank you to Paul Marotta and
his team for putting together a great social gathering.
And a very special thank you to all the suppliers and
members for their contributions. We could not hold
such wonderful events without you.
As we endeavor upon this New Year together, the
new board and I have a goal; this goal is to improve
upon the attendance of our members at all chapter
events. I also want to ask you, every chapter member,
to help with this goal. Moving the LISCC into the
future is a major aspect of every member’s duty. We
ask for everyone to help with raising attendance at
our monthly meetings, bringing your family to the
picnic, or just introducing a new chemist to the
organization. Bringing in new, energized members to
the chapter will help the LISCC thrive for years to
come.
That being said, I hope to see everyone at our first
meeting of the year on January 20th at the Colonial
Springs Golf Course. Our speaker, Perry
Romanowski, will be giving a great talk regarding
skepticism within the cosmetic industry.
Thank you for giving me the privilege to serve as the
2011 Chairperson. I am looking forward to another
extraordinary LISCC year.
Sincerely,
Frank Friel
2011 Chairperson
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REGULATORY
UPDATES
Regulatory Update
The Cosmetic Ingredient Review,
reacting to complaints related to
formaldehyde in the Brazilian Blowout
hair smoothing product, manufactured
by Brazilian-headquartered Cadiveu,
will be re-investigating the chemical.
Health Canada and the US
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration claimed the hair
smoothing solution contained levels of
formaldehyde that were significantly
higher than the 0.2 percent permitted
in cosmetics when used as a
preservative. In addition both
administrations claimed they had
received consumer reports of burning
eyes, nose and throat and even hair
loss associated with the use of the
product. Cadiveu USA says there is
confusion is over the presence of
methylene glycol in the formula.
Some of the pending legislation of
cosmetics brought forward into
2011: Safe Cosmetics Act: The
consumer group Campaign for Safe
Cosmetics claims that the Safe
Cosmetics Act will overhaul the law
that allows chemicals linked to cancer,
birth defects, or other illnesses in the
products we use on our bodies every
day. Cosmetic companies would be
required to provide significantly more
information to the FDA than is currently
required, including details of the
ingredients, safety data assessments
and full company and product details.
The Bill also calls on the FDA to set up
a database for cosmetic ingredients
classing them into three categories:
prohibited ingredients, restricted
ingredients and ingredients that are
safe without limits. PCPC questions
both the science and the burden
placed on the FDA by the proposed
legislation. Some small manufacturers
say that the additional burden will likely
put them out of business. PCPC calls
for tighter regulation:
This past
summer, the PCPC itself called upon
the FDA to increase its involvement in
cosmetics.
In July, the Council
proposed its own ideas of how
cosmetics regulation could be
improved with greater involvement
from FDA, and urged Congress to
consider these proposals as well as
speed up the passage of the FDA
Globalization Act of 2009, which also
stands to enhance FDA regulations of
cosmetics manufacturers. The trade
association proposed that
manufacturers report any serious,
unexpected adverse effects
experienced by consumers to the
regulatory body, as well as altering the
way the safety profiles of ingredients
are investigated. The PCPC also
suggested that manufacturers
systematically submit product
ingredient reports to FDA, with lists of
all ingredients used in each product, as
well as registering all manufacturing
facilities.
ISO 22716) during the manufacturing
process, using preservatives, and
conducting control tests using
appropriate methods.
According a European safety
committee, The Scientific Committee
on Consumer Safety, parabens are
safe to use in cosmetics, although use
levels for some of the compounds in
the family should be reduced. In this
most recent opinion, the SCCS has
looked at data submitted on butyl- and
propylparaben. In the report the
committee states that human data was
insufficient to fully characterise the
effects of the substances on the
hormonal system, and so instead it has
opted for a ‘conservative’ estimate on
the maximum use levels for the
compounds. Although this is a positive
opinion for methyl-, ethyl-, butyl- and
The International Organization for propylparaben, the SCCS said there
Standardization (ISO) has released an was not enough data to conclude on
international standard that will assist safe use levels for isopropyl-, isobutylthe cosmetic industry in identifying and phenyl-parabens. The report can
w h i c h l e v e l s a n d t y p e s o f be accessed at http://ec.europa.eu/
contamination represent a health h e a l t h / s c i e n t i f i c _ c o m m i t t e e s /
hazard and which are safe. ISO consumer_safety/docs/sccs_o_041.pdf
29621:2010, Cosmetics–
Microbiology–Guidelines for the risk
assessment and identification of
microbiologically low-risk products
will help determine which cosmetic
products present a low risk to users,
where the likelihood of contamination
is low.
A number of product
characteristics must be evaluated
when performing a microbial risk
assessment, such as product
composition, production conditions,
packaging and a combination of these
factors. Cosmetics rated as low-risk
products will not need to undergo
further microbiological testing. Further,
according to the organization, this
standard will aid manufacturers and
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regulatory agencies when standard
microbiological tests are not
necessary. ISO 29621 is one of a
series of standards being developed
by ISO technical committee ISO/TC
217, Cosmetics, for the detection and
identification of microorganisms in
cosmetic products. The standard can
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be used by both public and private
laboratories working to ensure the
creation of safe cosmetic products for
consumers. The organization notes
that the quality of finished goods is
controlled by applying cosmetic good
manufacturing practices (GMPs) (see
Ruger Chemical Co., Inc.
800.274.7843
www.rugerchemical.com
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JANUARY MEETING NOTICE
PERRY ROMANOWSKI
Skepticism and the Cosmetic Chemist
Colonial Springs Golf Club
1 Long Island Ave
East Farmingdale NY
11735
Thursday January 20th
Cocktails - 5:30
Dinner/Presentation - 6:30
MEMBERS: $45.00
NON-MEMBERS: $55.00
BUY TICKETS NOW!!!
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