Skin Care New book icon notifies consumers on package inserts

Whether make-up, moisturizing fluid or mascara: beauty products contain various ingredients that normally have to be declared on the product itself. Can this be e.g. due to lack of space, manufacturers must instead add a package insert. In this case, a book symbol indicates the consumer to the additional information.
Cosmetics law in the EU sets clear rules
Similar to food, there is also a kind of "list of ingredients" on the packaging of cosmetic products in which all ingredients of the product have to be stated. As the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) informs consumers should be able to check whether in lipstick, powder, face lotion or similar. critical substances are located. The labeling is carried out according to the "International Nomenclature for Cosmetic Ingredients" (English: "International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients", short: INCI).

New book icon on cosmetic products. Image: Robert Kneschke - fotolia

According to the Cosmetics Law in the EU, the list must also be made according to a specific rule, by listing the substances in decreasing order according to their proportion by weight. At the beginning, therefore, the ingredients that are most in the product are listed at the very end are those whose proportion is less than 1% in the total formulation.

Label or tag as an alternative
However, if the listing is found e.g. On small products such as lipsticks or eyeshadow space, these can alternatively be listed for example on an enclosed piece of paper, label or pendant. In this case, a book symbol indicates to consumers that the declaration of ingredients as well as possible precautions or warnings are not found on the packaging itself, explains Thomas Büttner, specialist lawyer for cosmetics law in Frankfurt am Main. Instead, attention must be paid to the leaflet, the expert told the news agency "dpa".

For further information, of course, the manufacturer can be contacted. If you also want to find out which function an ingredient has, according to the BVL in the search engine of Haut.de http://www.haut.de/ get information, a list of INCI names also provides the European Commission. (No)