MANS BEST FRIEND

US over-the-counter (OTC) label

Brand or trade name

MANS BEST FRIEND

Manufacturer

JAXON LANE, INC.

Label date

26 April 2019

Stated use in the United States

Purpose : Sunscreen

Label in the official openFDA API. This is the label date; the formula may have changed. Compare with the packaging.

Sunscreen filters and the European Union

• Octinoxate : Actif ou fonction insuffisamment identifiés : autorisation comme filtre UV dans l’Union européenne à vérifier.
• Homosalate : Actif ou fonction insuffisamment identifiés : autorisation comme filtre UV dans l’Union européenne à vérifier.
• Octisalate : Actif ou fonction insuffisamment identifiés : autorisation comme filtre UV dans l’Union européenne à vérifier.
• titanium dioxide : Actif ou fonction insuffisamment identifiés : autorisation comme filtre UV dans l’Union européenne à vérifier.

Cosmetic analysis in the European Union

9 ingredients allowed under conditions (maximum concentration, product types): some active ingredient concentrations are printed; the other conditions and the product's classification in the European Union remain to be checked. 33 names recognised out of 36.

Warning: 3 names out of 36 are not recognised (Moringa Seed Oil, Green Tea Extract, Licorice Root Extract): nothing below covers them.

Octinoxate, Homosalate, Octisalate, titanium dioxide, Water, Pentylene Glycol, Methylpropanediol, Caprylyl Methicone, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Isononyl Isononanoate, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Cyclopentasiloxane, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Isohexadecane, Aluminium Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Sorbitan Isostearate, Ammoniumacryloyldimethyl Taurate/VP Copolymer, Allantoin, Polysorbate 80, Butylene Glycol, Sorbitan Oleate, BHT, Xanthan Gum, Biosaccharide Gum-4, Sodium Hyaluronate, Moringa Seed Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Green Tea Extract, Licorice Root Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Fragrance

Who it concerns

For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching PARFUM“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
  • For information PHENOXYETHANOLClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERINClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Prohibition or serious classification CYCLOPENTASILOXANEECHA has included it in the Candidate List (substances of very high concern, REACH Regulation) because it is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB).
  • For information ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERINClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 3 (Aquatic Chronic 3).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: pregnancy and breastfeeding, babies and children, read on the label.

For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.

Selling elsewhere

Ingredients of this list that are prohibited, prohibited in some cases or subject to conditions in the other countries whose rules we record (nothing changes for sale in France). Absence is not approval: several countries only allow the preservatives, UV filters and colorants on their lists, and the function of an ingredient in the product is not known. What is covered for each country.

No prohibition or condition found in the recorded lists for: United States (federal), Washington State, California, Canada, China.

Ingredient by ingredient

The line under each name gives its rule in the European Union (legend below). Click a name for its page.

Hover over or tap a badge for its meaning.

Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.

All US nonprescription labels

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