Corrections log
Every correction to published information, dated, with the page concerned and the reason. Report an error to contact@compoatlas.com.
- : SODIUM HYDROXIDE
The Annex III, entry 15a warning was shown as required for any product containing sodium hydroxide; it is now given case by case (cuticle solvent, hair straightener, depilatory), with the uses that carry no warning.
Why: The annex text splits the entry by product type.
- : Vitamine D
The maximum doses of the Order of 9 May 2006 are now always given with their context: not revised since November 2006, higher levels accepted by the DGCCRF until 2019, an update being prepared.
Why: Ministerial answer published in the Official Journal on 11 February 2025 (written question No 2686).
- : Analyser une liste
A food supplement list (vitamins, plants) was judged with the Cosmetics Regulation, which could wrongly call a vitamin “prohibited”; it is now read as a food supplement.
Why: Cosmetics rules do not apply to food supplements.
- : Analyser une liste
In an analysis summary, each ingredient now carries its own level; the same prohibited substance listed under two names (Lilial and its INCIInternational name of cosmetic ingredients: the one printed on the pack. name) is no longer counted twice; the certainty of each match is shown.
Why: The summary applied the group's most serious level to all its ingredients.
- : Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb.
Searching for “Garcinia cambogia” led to another plant of the same genus (mangosteen); it now leads to Garcinia gummi-gutta, its accepted name.
Why: Garcinia cambogia is a former name of Garcinia gummi-gutta.
- : Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
The “novel food” status merged two statuses of the EU catalogue; each plant part now has its own (root infusion: not a novel food; all plant parts: not a novel food in food supplements only).
Why: The catalogue gives one status per plant part.
- : RETINOL
The “Contains Vitamin A” warning now carries the reason given by Regulation (EU) 2024/996 and is shown as worth watching.
Why: Recital 3 of the Regulation explains the warning.
- : /cosmetiques/produits/3337875597197
A name split by a comma instead of a slash (PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides) was counted as two unrecognised names; it is rebuilt. “No prohibited ingredient” is no longer stated for names that could not be read.
Why: The source list sometimes replaces the slash with a comma.
- : Vitamine D
“Never updated” replaced by “not revised since November 2006”: the Order of 9 May 2006 was amended by the Order of 14 November 2006.
Why: Amending Order of 14 November 2006, published in the Official Journal.
- : Curcuma longa L.
“Including 15 cases of hepatitis” replaced by “15 cases of liver damage, 13 of them hepatitis”, the wording of the opinion.
Why: ANSES opinion of 12 May 2022 (2019-SA-0111), section 3.7.1.2.