Cosmetic Raw Materials Library

Limitation on inclusion of ingredients other than preservatives, UV absorbers and tar colors

If any of the materials listed in the section of ingredient names of the following table is incorporated in a cosmetic, the amount of such ingredient contained shall be under the values in the column of maximum amount of ingredient per 100 g of the said Appendix.

 

*Request  ingredients or formulas review services: Click here 

  1. The ingredients restricted in all types ofcosmetics
Ingredient name Maximum amount of ingredient per 100 g
Aluminum chlorhydroxy allantoinate 1.0 g
Cantharides tincture, ginger tincture or capsicum
 

tincture

1.0 g as total
Phenyl salicylate 1.0 g
Polyoxyethylene laurylether (8-10E.O.) 2.0 g

 

  1. The ingredients restricted according to types or intended purposes ofcosmetics
Ingredient name Maximum amount of ingredient per 100 g
Aerosol agents
 

Zirconium

Prohibited
Cosmetics to be washed away immediately after use such as soap or shampoo
 

Thiram

 
 

0.50 g

Cosmetics other than those washed away
 

immediately after use such as soap or shampoo

 
Undecylenic acid monoethanolamide Prohibited
Thiram 0.30g
Zinc p-phenolsulfonate 2.0 g
2-(2-Hydroxy-5-methylphenyl) benzotriazole 7.0 g
Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate Prohibited
Cosmetics used in cephalic, mucosa part or the oral cavity, and cosmetics used in other parts, containing lower aliphatic monoalcohols (exclude those containing the said alcohols added to dissolve ingredients in the said cosmetics)
 

Estradiol, estrone and ethinylestradiol

 
 

 

20000 IU as total

Cosmetics other than those used in cephalic, mucosa part or the oral cavity, containing no lower aliphatic monoalcohols (include those containing the said alcohols added to dissolve ingredients in the said cosmetics )
 

Estradiol, estrone and ethinylestradiol

 
 

 

50000 IU as total

Cosmetics used in only cephalic part
 

Aminoether type antihistamines

0.010 g
Cosmetics other than those used only in cephalic part
 

Aminoether type antihistamines

 
 

Prohibited

Toothpaste
 

Diethylene glycol

Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate

 
 

Prohibited

0.50 g

Compounds to be used with the purpose of emulsifying beewax or white beewax
 

Sodium pyroborate

0.76 g ( limited not to greater than 1/2 amount of beewax and white beewax)
Compounds to be used for purposes other than emulsifying beewax or white beewax
 

Sodium pyroborate

Prohibited

 

  1. The ingredients restricted according to types of cosmetics(*1)

 

 
 

 

Ingredient name

 
 

Maximum amount (g) of ingredient per 100 g

Cosmetics not used for mucosa and to be
 

washed away

Cosmetics not used for mucosa and not to
 

be washed away

Cosmetics that may be used for mucosa
Jujube Extract(*2) 5.0
Thioctic acid 0.01 0.01  
Ubidecarenone 0.03 0.03  

(*1) Blank indicates that it is prohibited to be used, and ○ indicates that there is no upper limit for the amount of ingredient.

(*2) It extracted from ” Jujube” defined in Japanese pharmacopoeia with 30% (w/v) ethanol water solution.