How to Review a Cosmetic Formula for EU Compliance with RegWise

Overview

Scenario and business question

An R&D and regulatory team wants to screen a rinse-off hair-product example before professional assessment. The goal is to retain input conditions, examine ingredient-level results and organize points for human review.

Inputs and target market

• Demonstration inputs: Aqua 90%, Glycerin 5%, Niacinamide 4.5%, Salicylic Acid 0.5%; total 100%. This is not a safety-validated commercial formula.
• Target market: EU; product type: shampoo; form: liquid/solution; use: rinse-off.
• The example illustrates review steps. Enter the complete formula and accurate concentrations for your own review.

Step-by-step workflow

• Confirm that the account has access to EU formula review.
• Enter ingredients and actual concentrations; check identity matches and the percentage total.
• Select the EU and the stated product type, form and use conditions.
• Inspect ingredient-level results and expand prohibition, restriction, labeling or other flagged entries.
• Record the evidence and unresolved conditions for each entry; inspect the report preview where needed.
• Have a professional assess the complete dossier; do not treat the system result as market authorization.

Interface and results

This review displayed Restricted and Labeling on the salicylic-acid row, associated with Annex III 98(a). Empty results on other rows are not confirmation against all regulatory requirements. Different product uses and formula versions require separate assessment.

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How to interpret results

Retain identity, target market, input conditions, matched entries and evidence together. No match does not establish absence of restrictions. A restricted status requires checking each condition. Results must correspond to the same input version and actual product capture.

CosIng states that inclusion of an INCI name in its inventory does not mean an ingredient is approved for cosmetic use; consult the applicable regulation and amendments. [RW-EU-COSING]

Scope and limitations

This example concerns preliminary checks within integrated rules. It does not replace a complete safety assessment, CPSR, PIF, label and claims review, responsible-person duties or CPNP notification. Product use, ingredient specifications, impurities, exposure and source versions can affect the assessment.

Related feature and free access

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