GINSENG

US over-the-counter (OTC) label

Brand or trade name

GINSENG

Manufacturer

SYNBIO CO., LTD.

Label date

14 September 2016

Stated use in the United States

Purpose Skin Protectant

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

Cosmetic analysis in the European Union

1 ingredient prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union: Cyclomethicone (since 12 June 2019). A product that contains it should no longer be sold in the Union. 1 ingredient 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. 40 names recognised out of 42.

Warning: 2 names out of 42 are not recognised (Red Ginseng Extract, Human Oligopeptide-1): nothing below covers them.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding : Worth watching CYCLOMETHICONE

Niacinamide 2%, Adenosine 0.04%, Water, Glycerin, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Cyclomethicone, Olivoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Beeswax, Polysorbate 60, Stearic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Glyceryl Stearate, Red Ginseng Extract, Saponins, PEG-100 Stearate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Sodium hyaluronate, Centella Asiatica Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Human Oligopeptide-1, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Fruit Extract, Sophora Angustifolia Root Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Forsythia Suspensa Fruit Extract, Fragrance, Carbomer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Trehalose, Panthenol, Disodium EDTA

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.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Worth watching CYCLOMETHICONEClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 2 (Repr. 2), a hazard to fertility.

• 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.

• Environment

  • Prohibition or serious classification CYCLOMETHICONEClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1). ECHA 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).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: 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, China, Australia.

Ingredient by ingredient

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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

List in the official revision dated 14 September 2016 (register: openFDA: US OTC product labels, analysed under European cosmetic rules).

List recorded in 2016. Photograph the packaging to check whether it has changed. Photograph the packaging