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Food and Drug Administration, HHS § 352.20

(2) Moderate protection product. A (n) Phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic product that provides an acid up to 4 percent. SPF value of 12 to under 30. (o) up to 10 percent. (3) High sun protection product. A sun- (p) up to 25 percent. screen product that provides an SPF (q) up to 12 per- value of 30 or above. cent. (c) Sunscreen active ingredient. An ac- (r) up to 25 percent. tive ingredient listed in § 352.10 that ab- [64 FR 27687, May 21, 1999] sorbs, reflects, or scatters radiation in the UV range at wavelengths from 290 EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 67 FR 41823, June 20, 2002, § 352.10 was amended by revising to 400 nanometers. paragraphs (f) through (n), effective Sept. 1, (d) Sun protection factor (SPF) value. 2002. This amendment could not be incor- The UV energy required to produce an porated because at 66 FR 67485, Dec. 31, 2001 MED on protected skin divided by the the effective date was stayed until further UV energy required to produce an MED notice. For the convenience of the user, the on unprotected skin, which may also be text is set forth as follows: defined by the following ratio: SPF § 352.10 Sunscreen active ingredients. value =MED (protected skin (PS))/MED (unprotected skin (US)), where MED * * * * * (PS) is the minimal erythema dose for protected skin after application of 2 (f) up to 4 percent. milligrams per square centimeter of (g) up to 15 percent. (h) [Reserved] the final formulation of the sunscreen (i) Meradimate up to 5 percent. product, and MED (US) is the minimal (j) Octinoxate up to 7.5 percent. erythema dose for unprotected skin, (k) Octisalate up to 5 percent. i.e., skin to which no sunscreen prod- (l) up to 10 percent. uct has been applied. In effect, the SPF (m) up to 6 percent. value is the reciprocal of the effective (n) up to 8 percent. transmission of the product viewed as a UV radiation filter. * * * * * § 352.20 Permitted combinations of ac- Subpart B—Active Ingredients tive ingredients. § 352.10 Sunscreen active ingredients. The SPF of any combination product is measured by the testing procedures The active ingredient of the product established in subpart D of this part. consists of any of the following, within (a) Combinations of sunscreen active in- the concentration specified for each in- gredients. (1) Two or more sunscreen ac- gredient, and the finished product pro- tive ingredients identified in § 352.10(a), vides a minimum SPF value of not less (c), (e), (f), and (h) through (r) may be than 2 as measured by the testing pro- combined with each other in a single cedures established in subpart D of this product when used in the concentra- part: tions established for each ingredient in (a) Aminobenzoic acid (PABA) up to § 352.10. The concentration of each ac- 15 percent. tive ingredient must be sufficient to (b) up to 3 percent. contribute a minimum SPF of not less (c) up to 3 percent. than 2 to the finished product. The fin- (d) [Reserved] ished product must have a minimum (e) up to 3 percent. SPF of not less than the number of (f) Homosalate up to 15 percent. sunscreen active ingredients used in (g) [Reserved] the combination multiplied by 2. (h) up to 5 per- (2) Two or more sunscreen active in- cent. gredients identified in § 352.10(b), (c), (i) Octocrylene up to 10 percent. (e), (f), (i) through (l), (o), and (q) may (j) up to 7.5 be combined with each other in a single percent. product when used in the concentra- (k) up to 5 percent. tions established for each ingredient in (l) Oxybenzone up to 6 percent. § 352.10. The concentration of each ac- (m) Padimate O up to 8 percent. tive ingredient must be sufficient to

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