International Cosmetic Ingredient
Dictionary & Handbook
13th Edition, 2010
215 x 250 mm, 8.5" x 10"
Hardback, 5855 pages
ISBN: 978-1-882621-47-6
RRP £650.00 for 4 Volumes
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Personal Care Products Council (Formerly CTFA)
Micelle Press is the UK distributor for the trade society now known as the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) of the United States. Before 2008 the PCPC was known as the CTFA (Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association).
This society was first organized in 1894, and known from 1935 until 1971 as the Toilet Goods Association. Its task is to look after the interests of the Association’s members, and in the 1940s it developed standards for cosmetic ingredients. Later it generated a comprehensive list of cosmetic ingredients and distributed a master list, compiled from the memories of twenty companies to a request by CTFA, which was then sent to all CTFA members for comment. Eventually, under the chairmanship of James Akerson, CTFA was able to publish the first edition of the CTFA Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary in 1973. It consisted of just over 250 pages.
This first edition became recognized officially in the USA as the controlling compendium to be used by manufacturers preparing ingredient labels for their products. When the fourth edition was published (1991), CTFA acknowledged the growing international popularity, particularly in those countries considering labelling legislation, and changed the title to the CTFA International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary. Now, combined with the previously separately published Handbook, the compilation has become the standard reference on ingredient names for cosmetic companies throughout the world.
The International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook contains more than 17,000 INCI labelling names and more than 2,000 new INCI names since the 12th edition. They are cross-referenced to nearly 65,000 trade and technical names associated with more than 3,800 suppliers from 98 countries. The 13th edition of this Dictionary is essential for everyone who formulates, labels or markets cosmetic and personal care products anywhere in the world. It contains the INCI names that are officially recognized in the United States, the European Union and many other countries as the controlling compendium to be used by manufacturers preparing ingredient labels for their cosmetic and personal-care product packages.
There is no CD for the 13th edition of the Dictionary/Handbook.