Safety Assessment of Benzyl Salicylate As Used in Cosmetics Status: Draft Report for Panel Review Release Date: November 9, 2018 Panel Meeting Date: December 3-4, 2018 The 2018 Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel members are: Chair, Wilma F. Bergfeld, M.D., F.A.C.P.; Donald V. Belsito, M.D.; Ronald A. Hill, Ph.D.; Curtis D. Klaassen, Ph.D.; Daniel C. Liebler, Ph.D.; James G. Marks, Jr., M.D., Ronald C. Shank, Ph.D.; Thomas J. Slaga, Ph.D.; and Paul W. Snyder, D.V.M., Ph.D. The CIR Executive Director is Bart Heldreth, Ph.D. This safety assessment was prepared by Alice Akinsulie, Scientific Writer/Analyst. © Cosmetic Ingredient Review 1620 L Street, NW, Suite 1200 ♢ Washington, DC 20036-4702 ♢ ph 202.331.0651 ♢ fax 202.331.0088 ♢
[email protected] Commitment & Credibility since 1976 Memorandum To: CIR Expert Panel Members and Liaisons From: Alice Akinsulie, Scientific Analyst/Writer Date: November 9, 2018 Subject: Draft Safety Assessment of Benzyl Salicylate as Used in Cosmetics Enclosed is the Draft Report of the Safety Assessment of Benzyl Salicylate as Used in Cosmetics. (It is identified as bensal122018rep in the pdf document.) On October 9, 2018, CIR issued the Scientific Literature Review (SLR) for this ingredient. According to the Dictionary, Benzyl Salicylate is reported to function mainly as a fragrance ingredient and light stabilizer. The Personal Care Products Council (Council) provided concentration of use survey data for the light stabilizer function (only) of Benzyl Salicylate. The results indicate that the light stabilizer concentrations of use for Benzyl Salicylate falls in the IFRA Standards for use of Benzyl Salicylate as a fragrance ingredient (identified as bensal122018data).