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Jo Zhou
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Indonesia to Reinforce Hair Dye and Sunscreen Product Regulations
Sep 05, 2017
To control the safety of hair dye and sunscreen products, Indonesia will regulate requirements on ingredients used in these products such as Methylisothiazolinone, Deoxarbutin, Alpha Arbutin, Beta Arbutin and Plastic Microbeads. Deoxyarbutin/ alpha arbutin/ beta arbutin: When using deoxyarbutin/ alpha arbutin/ beta arbutin in cosmetics, technical documents for notification are required: 1) test result of hydroquinone, 2) test result of product stability 3) clinical data of product stability during application to the skin; Product containing deoxyarbutin/ alpha arbutin/ beta arbutin must indicate the storage conditions of these ingredients...
Indonesia
Ingredients
Labeling/Claim/Advertising
Korea to Amend Part of Cosmetic Act Related to Manufacturer Staff Requirements
Sep 01, 2017
Korea is amending Article 3 of "Cosmetic Act", redefining the scope and penalties associated with a manufacturer's staff found using illegal recreational drugs. In the past Korea's overarching regulation the "Cosmetic Act" stipulated that manufacturers with certain staff found to be addicted to drugs and other toxic substances would be disqualified and banned from manufacturing. The provisions of this article were too vague...
South Korea
Pre-market Approval
CFDA Approves Two More Cosmetic Testing Methods
Aug 24, 2017
CFDA just approved two more testing methods for cosmetics — In Vitro Skin Corrosion: Transcutaneous Electrical Resistance Test (TER) and Skin Photoallergy Test. These two methods still involve animal testing...
Chinese Mainland
Animal Testing
Safety Assessment
Testing
Korea to Set Up Natural/Organic Cosmetic Certification System
Aug 21, 2017
To meet new market demand and reinforce management of personalized cosmetics such as natural/organic cosmetics, Korea's MFDS is proposing to set up a Natural/Organic Cosmetic Certification System to better regulate these new categories. Definition of personalized cosmetics and distributor qualification...
South Korea
Pre-market Approval
Post-market Surveillance
ASEAN Explains Revision of Cosmetic Directive
Aug 18, 2017
Apart from amendments of ingredients requirements on 26th ACSB (see news on CL), ASEAN Cosmetic Committee also discussed further revision of the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive during a recent meeting. Methylisothiazonlinone (M1 or MIT) in Rinse-off product, Limits of Contaminants in Cosmetics and ASEAN Cosmetic Method (ACM) will be revised...
Indonesia
Malaysia
ASEAN
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Ingredients
Testing
Taiwan to Ban 15 Ingredients Including Safrole in Cosmetics
Aug 18, 2017
Taiwan FDA will prohibit 15 ingredients including safrole used in cosmetics. The new regulation stipulates that from Jul. 1st 2018, it is prohibited to manufacture, import, sell, distribute or have the intention to sell, distribute or display cosmetics manufactured using the following 15 ingredients...
Taiwan, China
Pre-market Approval
Ingredients
Thailand Released New List of Permitted Preservatives and Mandatory Claims for Preservatives
Aug 15, 2017
Thailand released a new list of permitted preservatives used in cosmetics on Jun.22nd 2017, the list will be effective after a 180 days grace period. Accordingly, Thailand also announced mandatory claims that must be listed on the label when products contain certain preservatives. General structure of the list shows below...
Thailand
Ingredients
Labeling/Claim/Advertising
Korea Newly Designated Functional Cosmetics---More information on Registration
Aug 14, 2017
In H1 2017, Korean cosmetic authorities newly designated 4 quasi-drug categories as functional cosmetics (see news on CL). Now Korea Cosmetic Association released more instructions on how to register these new functional cosmetics in a Q&A format. On Technical review...
South Korea
Pre-market Approval
Ingredients
Cruelty Free International Looks to End Animal Testing Globally by 2021: What’s in Store for China?
Aug 07, 2017
Cruelty Free International attended the "International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation" conference and urged regulatory bodies to establish a deadline for a global phase out of animal testing by 2021. Alternatives testing methods have been invented and applied in half of the global cosmetic market. China currently only accepts one of them (3T3) and hasn't banned animal testing yet...
Chinese Mainland
Animal Testing
Safety Assessment
Testing
EU Prohibited HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3-CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE and Other Two Ingredients in Cosmetics
Aug 07, 2017
EU amended cosmetic ingredient standards (EC), added several prohibited ingredients and changed limited ingredient list. As a cosmetic regulation sample, EU's regulation has long been followed by Asia Pacific, and this amendment may affect ingredient standards in Asia Pacific. On Aug, 3th 2017...
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