
LAE® approval as preservative for cosmetics in China
In December 2013, the petition to obtain the “New Chemical Substance” categorization was issued to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China. After seven months, on July 2014, a registration certificate that considered LAE® a “New Chemical Substance” was issued by the corresponding authorities for the following uses:
Cosmetic preservative: maximum dose limited to the cosmetic preservative approval.
Wet wipes preservative: maximum dose limited to the cosmetic preservative approval. When applied in disinfectant wet wipes, there is not a maximum dose limitation.