Volume 7: Medicines and Cosmetics
8. Cosmetics and toiletries
1997/98

8.145 Although outside the period covered by the Inquiry, it is of interest to note the Cosmetics Directive was subsequently amended by Commission Directive 97/1/EC on 10 January 1997 to prohibit the use in cosmetics of:

Bovine, ovine and caprine tissues and fluids from the encephalon, the spinal cord and the eyes, and ingredients derived therefrom. ¹

8.146 The Cosmetics Directive was further amended by Commission Directive 98/16/EC on 5 March 1998 to prohibit the use in cosmetics of: ²

(a) the skull, including the brain and eyes, tonsils and spinal cord of:

- bovine animals aged 12 months,

- ovine and caprine animals which are aged over 12 months or have a permanent incisor tooth erupted through the gum;

(b) the spleens of ovine and caprine animals and ingredients derived therefrom.

However, tallow derivatives may be used provided that the following methods have been used and strictly certified by the producer:

- Transesterification or Hydrolysis at at least: 200ºC, 40 bars (40,000 hPa) for 20 minutes (glycerol and fatty acids and esters);

- Saponification with NaOH 12 M (glycerol and soap);

- Batch process: at 95ºC for three hours, or

- Continuous process: at 140ºC, two bars (2000 hPa) for eight minutes or equivalent conditions.