Course offering number:1112-704
Course ID:
2488
Safety Assessment of Cosmetic Ingredients and Formulations: The Basics
Pre-recorded Course
AN ON-DEMAND ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT
Who Should Attend
This online training is intended for professionals in the cosmetic and personal care or related industries that specialize in the following
disciplines, as well as groups and companies who provide services in these areas:
• Research and development
• Safety assessment
• Regulatory affairs
• Formulations development
• Product development
Description
In the current environment of establishing regulations and environmental issues awareness, an effort is put together to offer guidance to
professionals in the industry who are concerned with present approaches and future implications.
This training is aimed at providing key reasons, rationale, tools and approaches to test the safety of ingredients and formulations in the cosmetic
and personal care industry.
With the unique position of this industry’s ban of testing on animals as well as the emergence of REACH, this training is designed to present
key parties involved and sources of information.
The core of this 90-minute accredited online training will focus on currently available methodologies, their scope and limitations. This training will
include opportunities for learning assessment.
Review of Learning Objectives
Module 1: The Need for Safety Studies of
Cosmetic Ingredients and Products
• The status of REACH
• The 7th amendment
• Organizations involved:
– Safe Cosmetic Alliance
– OECD
– ECVAM
– CAAT at John Hopkins University
• The importance of skin cell culture models
Module 2: Toxicological Measures for
Consideration
• Site of application
• Level of exposure
• Duration of application
• Skin condition
• Pregnancy and maternity
• Population (age, race)
Module 3: Illustration of Key Validated and
Partially Validated Methodologies
• Skin irritation
• Phototoxicity
• Eye irritation
Summary
Question and Answer Session