UL Environment, the business unit of UL (one of the
oldest standards institution in US) has published a new white paper on safety
of personal care products (http://bit.ly/1U9eGc0).
It sets out the best practices that could form the basis of risk-based
standards.
As has been highlighted by Herbally Radiant frequently,
while the market for personal care products is expanding hugely, consumers feel
the need for a unified standard so that quality of the product could be
evaluated. This is becoming more important in the light of the fact that despite
the current regulations and safety systems in place for cosmetics, questions
remain about the safety of cosmetic ingredients and the standards associated
with them.
With the expansion of personal care market, several new companies,
many of them online, have joined together to market new cosmetics and personal
care products with aggressive marketing and unverifiable claims. Such selling campaigns by most of these companies have
been found to be less than ethical, and not always conforming to the established
advertising guidelines for protecting consumers.
Interacting with large number of its customers
regularly, Herbally Radiant finds that more and more consumers are becoming
aware of the safety aspect of what they eat, and what they apply on their skin.
They are, therefore, actively seeking information on the health impacts of the
products they consume. They are increasingly interested in personal care
products which they, and their families, have to use daily. Under attack from constant promotional slogans
of many businesses, consumers at times find themselves confused about the
safety of the ingredients, and the claims being advertised.
As established manufacturer of natural herbal skin
care products, Herbally Radiant welcomes the proposal of UL for a
consensus-based set of voluntary risk-based standards designed to go beyond
what is required by the existing personal care product regulations. The
best practices identified in the UL paper could form the basis of such
risk-based standards, helping fair evaluation of the safety of the beauty product.
In
the interest of the overall health of the consumers, such a standardization is
needed now.
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