Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers: CIR Safety Assessment Summary
CIR safety assessment summary for Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers: ingredients reviewed, panel verdict, use concentration context, conditions, and source.
Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers appears in a CIR safety assessment covering Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers. The panel verdict for the report is safe with restrictions. The Panel concluded that Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer and Phthalic Anhydride/Trimellitic Anhydride/Glycols Copolymer are safe in nail product formulations in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment; the data are insufficient to make a determination of safety on the use of these ingredients in all other types of cosmetic formulations.
| Field | CIR value |
|---|---|
| Primary ingredient | Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers |
| CIR verdict | safe with restrictions |
| Report type | Safety Assessment |
| Date | 26 In 1999 |
| Use concentration context | 30%; 5%; 25%; 50%; 10% |
| Conditions or carve-outs | Not reported to be in current use |
Ingredients Reviewed
The review scope matters because CIR conclusions often apply to an ingredient family rather than a single INCI name. In this report, the ingredient list includes Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers.
Safety Conclusion
The conclusion for Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers should be read as a CIR panel conclusion, not a regulatory limit. CIR assessments summarize expert-panel safety determinations for cosmetic use, while legal status still depends on the jurisdiction and product category.
For use levels, the report gives this concentration context: 30%; 5%; 25%; 50%; 10%. That language is the safe-use context shown for this page.
Conditions
Not reported to be in current use
Formulation Reading
For formula review, begin with the exact INCI identity and the ingredient group covered by the CIR assessment. If the material is Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers, the relevant comparison is whether the intended use aligns with the practices, concentration ranges, and conditions described in the CIR source.
The ingredient hub at Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers should carry the substance-level profile. This page is the report-level summary, keeping the conclusion, ingredient scope, and use-context language attached to the CIR source rather than treating the conclusion as a universal permission.
Why This Page Exists
CIR reviews are long documents, and the practical answer is usually buried in the conclusion and the table of current practices. This summary keeps those CIR facts in one indexable page for Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers, with source details retained at the bottom for audit.
Review Notes
The conservative reading is to keep Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers tied to the exact CIR report listed below. The ingredient family, panel conclusion, date, and any use-condition language belong together. A shorter ingredient-page snippet would lose that context.
This page gives the search-level answer while preserving the source-level caveat: CIR safety language is a panel assessment for cosmetic practices of use, not a universal legal permission across every jurisdiction or product category.
Source
- CIR report: Safety Assessment of Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymers as Used in Cosmetics Monice M. Fiume*, Wilma F. Bergfeld**, Donald V. Belsito**, Ronald A. Hill**, Curtis D. Klaassen**, Daniel C. Liebler**, James G. Marks Jr**, Ronald C. Shank**, Thom
- CIR source file: PRS701.pdf
- Extraction JSON: CIR Safety Assessment Database
- Conclusion page in CIR extraction: 5