Cosmetic Ingredient Review
Amended Final Safety Assessment Benzyl Alcohol, and Benzoic Acid and its Salts and Benzyl Ester, October 17, 2011
Abstract
Benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid, and its salts and benzyl benzoate function mostly as fragrance ingredients/preservatives in cosmetic products. The Panel previously issued a final report with concentration limits for benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid, and sodium benzoate in cosmetics, and also determined that the available data were insufficient to support the safety of these ingredients during inhalation exposure. After reviewing the available data in the present report, it was concluded that benzyl alcohol, benzoic acid, and its salts and benzyl ester are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment.
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The Cosmetic Ingredient Review was established in 1976 by the industry trade association (then the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association, now the Personal Care Products Council), with the support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Consumer Federation of America. Although funded by the Council, CIR and the review process are independent from the Council and the cosmetics industry. CIR operates under a set of procedures.
General policy and direction are given by a 7-member Steering Committee chaired by the President and CEO of the Council, with a dermatologist representing the American Academy of Dermatology, a toxicologist representing the Society of Toxicology, a consumer representative representing the Consumer Federation of America, an industry scientist (the current chair of the Council's CIR Committee), Chair of the CIR Expert Panel, and the Council’s Executive Vice President for Science.
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