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Cosmetics working group

The Cosmetic Products Working Group was founded in 1987 and currently has 12 full and 11 corresponding members. These come from the following areas

  • Advisory
  • Legislation
  • Industry
  • Monitoring/investigation
  • University

The working group sees itself as a discussion forum for relevant issues relating to the development, manufacture and monitoring of cosmetic products. It aims to promote scientific exchange between the various disciplines interested in cosmetics.

Position paper on the topic of "Preservation of cosmetic centres" (July 2024)

Management of the working group

Obmann

LM. Chem. Sven Gehrig
WALA Heilmittel GmbH
Dorfstr. 1
73087 Bad Boll
E-Mail: sven@famgehrig.de


Deputy

Dorothee Stumpf
LMC Service GMbH, Stuttgart
E-mail: d.stumpf@lmc-service.de


Secretary

Annemarie Hess
Wessling GmbH, Walldorf
E-mail: annemarie.hess@wessling.de

Term of office 2026-2028

Main areas of work
  • Documentation of the state of the art on selected ingredients
  • Development of analytical methods and verification of their suitability in comparative laboratory tests or interlaboratory tests
  • Commentary support of legislative procedures and identification of consequences for the development, manufacture and monitoring of cosmetic products
  • Questions relating to the composition and assessment of cosmetic products
  • Exchange of opinions on requirements for cosmetic products
Data sheets for evaluating the efficacy of active ingredients in cosmetic products

The following data sheets are written exclusively in German.
If you have any questions about individual data sheets, please contact the chairman of the working group (see above).

The working group publishes the data sheets for evaluating the efficacy of active ingredients in cosmetic products in loose sequence.

The following data sheets have been published so far:

  • General information on the use of the data sheets
  • Publication SOFW German/English on the meaning and interpretation of the data sheets
  • Allantoin
  • Aloe vera
  • Urea
  • Honey
  • Hydroxy acids
  • Chamomile
  • Panthenol
  • PH information for cosmetic products
  • Propolis
  • Proteins Part 1: Native proteins of animal origin
  • Proteins Part 2: Native proteins, plant-based
  • Vitamin A and its esters
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin C
  • Niacinamide (vitamin B3)
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