On Jan. 22, 2021, China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control released the draft amended Inventory of Prohibited Cosmetic Ingredients and Inventory of Prohibited Plant (Animal) Cosmetic Ingredients for the public consultation.

These two Inventories are drafted based on the revision of the prohibited ingredient lists in STSC. The main amendments include adding 17 prohibited ingredients, amending 13 prohibited ingredients and 27 prohibited plant (animal) ingredients, classifying and merging prohibited drug ingredients into three categories, and modifying some text contents.

They will be released and finalized as separated technical regulations or mandatory national standards in the future.