BSE=bovine spongiform encephalopathy: Is there a health risk when using cosmetics?
Basics to BSE: BSE represents absolutely a health risk for humans. Therefore the term Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) is more and more used instead of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Approach: For some time the production processes for raw materials from animals have been re-designed. Close collaboration between the international supervision authorities and the raw material manufacturers has provoked that a danger to humans can be excluded. In addition, the EU authorities arranged that the agreed measures have to be documented by the raw material manufacturers. These informations must be forwarded to the certified further manufacturers. Trichema as an important manufacturer of cosmetics sets a high value on buying raw materials only from suppliers, who can carry out and document their processes in conformity to EU guidelines. Nowadays, animal raw materials are generally avoided for cosmetics. Preferred raw materials are on a vegetable basis.
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