South Korea Cosmetic Safety Standard (2017 Version)

Cosmetic Safety Standard is to ensure the management of manufacture, import and safety management by defining standards of prohibited ingredients, restricted ingredients used in cosmetics and determining the matters related to cosmetic safety management standards in market. This regulation shall be applied to all the cosmetics manufactured, imported or distributed in South Korea.

Chapter 1 General provisions

• Purpose

• Scope of Application

Chapter 2 Raw Materials That May Not Be Used in Cosmetics and Standards for the Use of Raw Materials That Require Usage Restrictions

• Raw Materials that May Not Be Used

• Standards for the Use of Raw Materials that Require Usage Restrictions

Chapter 3 Safety Control Standards of Distributed Cosmetics

• Safety Control Standards of Distributed Cosmetics

• Reexamination of Regulations

Please contact with cosmetic@chemlinked.com if the English version of the 4 annexes (prohibited, restricted ingredients, safety standards on human cell and tissue culture media and test methods of safety management on in-market cosmetics) in Cosmetic Safety Standard are needed.