Sodium Chloride, or table salt, is a white crystalline solid. In cosmetics and personal care products, Sodium Chloride is used in the formulation of oral hygiene products, shampoos, fragrance, skin, hair, nail, cleansing, suntan, makeup and bath products.
In addition to being an important component of food, FDA includes Sodium Chloride on its list of substances considered Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) as a substance migrating to food from packaging. The FDA also regulates labeling of table salt, and regulates labeling statements on food regarding levels of Sodium Chloride the food product contains.
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) has deferred evaluation of this ingredient because the safety has been assessed by FDA. This deferral of review is according to the provisions of the CIR Procedures.The FDA’s Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS) concluded that there was no evidence in the available information on Sodium Chloride in dry food packaging that demonstrates, or suggests reasonable grounds to suspect, a hazard to the public when it is used at levels that are now current or might reasonably be expected in the future. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/opascogc.html
Link to FDA Code of Federal Regulations for Sodium Chloride
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Sodium Chloride may be used in cosmetics and personal care products marketed in Europe according to the general provisions of the Cosmetics Directive of the European Union.
Link to the EU Cosmetics Directive: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/cosmetics/html/consolidated_d...