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Monthly Recap: Global Cosmetic Regulatory Updates | June 2023
Jul 07, 2023
ChemLinked rounded up the global regulatory updates on cosmetic products in June...
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Annual Report | A Look Back at 2021 with ChemLinked: Cosmetics Regulation Updates
Jan 20, 2022
2021 was a year of significant events and progress in the cosmetic industry in the Asia-Pacific region. China officially implemented the long-awaited new cosmetic regulation...
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Monthly Recap: Asia-Pacific Cosmetic Regulatory Updates | July 2021
Aug 04, 2021
Shanghai Implements Electronic Cosmetic Production License, China NMPA Publishes Cosmetics Safety Risk Monitoring Plan, China State Administration for Market Regulation Requires Strict Investigation on False Advertising of “Stem Cell Anti-aging", Tmall Global Introduces Three Favorable Measures for Overseas Brands, South Korea Rolls out Three Alternative Animal Testing Guidelines
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India Implements the Cosmetics Rules 2020
Mar 02, 2021
On December 15, 2020, the MOHFW officially released the finalized regulation-Cosmetics Rules 2020 under the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 with immediate effect. The 2020 Rules, consisting of 72 rules, 13 schedules, and 24 appendixes, lays down the regulatory requirements for the manufacture, testing, labeling, import, registration, distribution, and sale of cosmetics in India...
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China Cruelty Free Cosmetics: An Interview With Cruelty Free International
Jul 17, 2018
Cruelty free is a both a hugely contentious and polarizing issue for the global cosmetics industry. Despite global trends towards cruelty free best exemplified by the blanket bans on animal testing of cosmetics imposed in Europe and India, China has remained stanchly opposed to implementing a similar ban...
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Overview on Regulations on Animal testing for Cosmetics
Aug 10, 2017
In this article we will talk about animal testing for cosmetic products in general, its legal status in various countries and how can companies with a "cruelty free" profile export their products to China avoiding this practice. Animal testing, that is to say the utilization of live animals for scientific purposes, used to be a practice initially confined to medical science, whose achievements would never be possible without it. In the first half of the twentieth century, some accidents with mascara and other unsafe maquillage pushed authorities to create a new institutional framework...
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India Encourages Use of Non-animal Alternative Tests
Dec 27, 2016
Recently India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare published the notice regarding partial amendment to “Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945”. The amendments are relating to animal toxicity studies and encourage the use of OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) validated non-animal alternatives.
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India Clarifies Cosmetic Importation and Registration Guidelines
Oct 21, 2015
India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization just published a clarification of the cosmetic importation and registration guidelines on its official website. Clarifications specifically relate to topics like cruelty-free, certificate of Free Sale (CFS), Letter of Authorization (LOA) and renewal of registration certificates.
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Breaking Move: India Bans Import of Animal-tested Cosmetics
Nov 11, 2014
From November 13 2014, the import of animal-tested cosmetics will be officially banned, according to the notification in the Gazette of India announced by Indian Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The new announcement assures that cosmetics marketed in India will no longer be associated with animal suffering and makes India the first cruelty-free cosmetics zone in South Asia.
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Significant Events in India’s Ban on Animal Testing
May 28, 2014
India is celebrating an epoch in its legislative and regulatory history. After years of debate the final implementation of the amendment to the “Drugs and Cosmetics Rules” completely bans the use of domestic animal testing of cosmetics products.
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Under the current regulatory framework, cosmetics registrants and notifiers can continue to submit a simplified version of the safety assessment report during the registration or notification process until May 1, 2025. Following this deadline, a full version of the safety assessment will be mandated. To facilitate a smooth transition, China is planning to release a set of technical guidelines.
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