Cosmetic Regulatory

io.github.rootsbymendaPublished by GitHub account rootsbymendav1.1.5Updated Oct 27, 2026

Cosmetic safety: NOAEL, MoS, SCCS, 12 jurisdictions. 30K ingredients. Free.

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Overview

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Remote MCP server for cosmetic ingredient safety and multi-jurisdiction regulatory checks, covering NOAEL, MoS and SCCS data across 12 jurisdictions.

What you can do
  • Look up a single ingredient's full regulatory profile by name, INCI name or CAS, including SCCS opinions, EU Annex classification, MoS, NOAEL and status in 12 jurisdictions
  • Scan an INCI deck of up to 50 ingredients for a chosen jurisdiction and get flagged restricted or banned substances plus an overall formula risk level
  • Search ingredients by partial name, function or category when the exact INCI name is unknown
  • Calculate Margin of Safety per SCCS methodology, returning SED, MoS value and pass/fail against the threshold
When to use it
Useful for formulators, regulatory affairs staff and cosmetic developers who want an assistant to check ingredient restrictions, screen a formula against EU, US, Korean, Japanese and other rules, or sanity-check a safety assessment without a commercial database subscription.
Requirements
A remote MCP endpoint over Streamable HTTP, with an SSE fallback; no package, account or API key is declared. Network access is required, and requests are limited to 60 per minute per IP or validated user key.
Before you install
Results are regulatory reference data, not a substitute for a formal safety assessment or legal review; verify against primary sources before filing. Queries send ingredient names and formula compositions to a third-party server. The README's claims about data coverage and free access come from the provider and are not independently verified here.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Cosmetic Regulatory in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.rootsbymenda%2Fcosmetic-regulatory/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cosmetic-regulatory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://roots-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

Roots by Benda — Cosmetic Regulatory Intelligence MCP Server

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The world's first cosmetic-regulatory MCP. Check cosmetic ingredient safety and multi-jurisdiction compliance — EU Regulation 1223/2009, US FDA, Korea MFDS, Japan MHLW, ASEAN, Saudi SFDA, Canada Hotlist, Australia SUSMP, ECHA SVHC, California Prop 65, California TFCA, Washington TFCA — backed by 884,345 rows of SCCS opinions, NOAEL studies, CIR conclusions, and pre-calculated Margin of Safety values.

Equivalent data licensed from commercial providers (Coptis, CosmEthics) runs €16,000/year. This MCP is free.

Live endpoint: https://roots-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp SSE fallback: https://roots-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/sse

Tools

check_ingredient

Full regulatory profile for a single cosmetic ingredient by name, INCI name, or CAS.

Returns: SCCS safety opinion, EU Annex II/III/V/VI classification, pre-calculated Margin of Safety, NOAEL reference, dermal absorption, sensitization profile, CIR conclusion, endocrine-disruptor status, ECHA SVHC listing, China IECIC status, plus jurisdictional_profile — the regulatory status across all 12 supported jurisdictions in one response.

query: "retinol"→ EU: restricted (0.05% body, 0.3% face); Korea_MFDS: restricted; California_Prop65: (not listed);  SCCS/1639/21 — MoS 167 @ 0.3% face cream (pass); NOAEL 0.43 mg/kg bw/day

check_formula

Batch compliance scan for an INCI deck (up to 50 ingredients). Returns per-ingredient regulatory status, flagged restricted/banned substances, and overall formula risk level.

ingredients: "Aqua, Retinol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Titanium Dioxide, Phenoxyethanol"jurisdiction: "EU"→ Risk: MODERATE — 1 flagged (Retinol — restricted max 0.05% body leave-on under Annex III/321)

search_ingredients

Discovery search when you don't know the exact INCI. Filter by partial name, function, or category.

query: "sunscreen" → 10 matches (UV filters with safety ratings and EU status)query: "preservative" → parabens, phenoxyethanol, benzyl alcohol, etc.

calculate_mos

Margin of Safety calculator per SCCS Notes of Guidance (SCCS/1647/22) methodology. Returns SED, MoS value, and pass/fail against the SCCS-100 threshold used in CPSR safety assessments.

ingredient: "retinol", concentration: 0.3, product_type: "face cream"→ SED 0.129 mg/kg bw/day; MoS 333 (pass, >100 threshold); dermal absorption 40% (SCCS/1639/21)

Data

DatasetRecords
Ingredients (curated INCI)30,553
NOAEL study records (EPA ToxRefDB, ChemIDplus, EPA-ECOTOX, EPA-IRIS, GESTIS-DNEL, EFSA, Cal-OEHHA, Health Canada)174,973
Pre-calculated MoS values (SCCS methodology, 20 product categories)99,535
Sensitization assays8,898
Dermal absorption profiles860
GHS classifications (PubChem)468,165
Substance identifiers (INCI ↔ CAS ↔ EC ↔ CID crosswalk)73,252
CIR safety conclusions5,267
Multi-jurisdiction regulatory opinions (12 jurisdictions)15,925
Distinct substances with multi-jurisdiction profile6,917
TOTAL884,345

100% source-traceability: every row has a src_local_path pointing at a specific primary-source file on disk and a src_verification_status in the verified set. No QSAR predictions, no unsourced aggregates.

Sources: SCCS opinions (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety), CIR reports (Cosmetic Ingredient Review), EFSA evaluations, ECHA REACH dossiers, EPA ToxValDB, FDA databases, Korea MFDS, Japan MHLW, ASEAN Cosmetic Directive Annex II, Saudi SFDA, Health Canada Hotlist, Australia SUSMP/TGA, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Prop 65), California AB-2762 / AB-496, Washington SB 5369.

Quick Start

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Add to your MCP config:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "roots-by-benda": {      "url": "https://roots-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/sse"    }  }}

Cursor / Windsurf / Zed

Use the Streamable HTTP endpoint:

https://roots-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp

Rate Limits

Every caller receives full data; a 60 requests/minute abuse-prevention limit applies per IP or validated user key.

Built With

Who Built This

Roots by Benda — cosmetic regulatory intelligence platform built by Shahar Ben-David (formulator) with Claude (CTO pair-programmer). Regulatory database assembled from primary sources across SCCS, CIR, EFSA, ECHA, EPA ToxValDB, FDA, and the 12 national/state regulatory bodies listed above.

License

MIT

Source: README.md at commit 41ff6c2

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Version history

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  1. v1.1.5LatestSep 16, 2026

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