European Commission adds CBG as legal ingredient for cosmetics, skin care

European Commission adds CBG as legal ingredient for cosmetics, skin care

European health and beauty product manufacturers can now safely use hemp-derived cannabigerol or CBG in their cosmetics and skin care lines with approval from a key market regulator for trade in the European Union.

The European Commission added CBG last month as a safe ingredient for skin conditioning to Cosing, its cosmetics ingredient database.

Hemp extractors and manufacturers tout the benefits of using hemp-derived CBG in skin care and cosmetics products, including anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant properties.

The classification change was made by the EU’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises).

The EU added hemp-derived CBD to the Cosing database in February, and synthetic CBD and hemp leaves are also among the approved ingredients for cosmetics.

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