GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AGILITYPR.NEWS / January 02, 2020 / The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has updated its Guidelines on Limits of Contaminants for Cosmetics to Version 3.0.

At the 30^th ASEAN Cosmetic Scientific Body (ACSB), held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, June 18-19, 2019, it was decided that a trace impurity limit for 1,4-dioxane should be included in the Guidelines.

The new limit for 1,4-dioxane will be introduced in two stages, effective:

• June 19, 2020 – a limit of not more than 25 mg/kg or 25 mg/L (25ppm)
• June 19, 2023 – a lower limit of not more than 10mg/kg or 10mg/L (10ppm)

Stakeholders are advised to now check their cosmetic raw materials to ensure the end product does not contain trace limits of 1,4-dioxane above the permissible limit.

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