Dyeing shampoos that claim that gray hair is dyed just by washing their hair are being released one after another, but the controversy over the danger is resurfacing.
According to related industry sources, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is conducting a 'regular risk assessment of hair dye ingredients'.
Although the evaluation has not been completed yet, on the 5th, based on the interim results, an administrative notice of an amendment to the 'Cosmetics Safety Standards, Etc., .
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety plans to complete the notification revision procedure by the end of this year. After the revision of the notification, production and sales of products using the ingredient will be prohibited six months after the revision.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety explained that 'they took priority because they could not allow raw materials that were judged to be dangerous to be used as they are'.
As the related evaluations are scheduled to be carried out sequentially until next year, the aftermath is expected to grow larger. Despite the controversy over risks, the industry expects that the size of the dye shampoo market this year will exceed 130 billion won.