China AQSIQ has conducted a random supervision on 148 kinds of hair dyes and cosmetics for increasing the beauty of appearance, according to Product Quality Law of China and Measures for Random Supervision on Product Quality.
The inspection mainly covers the PH value, limit of hazardous substances including lead, arsenic and mercury, and the content of other substances, such as Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate and Resorcinol, etc, in checked cosmetics, based on the specific quality standards and requirements in Hygiene Standard for Cosmetics (GB 7916-1987), Face Power, Talcum Powder, and Prickly-Heat Power (QB/T 1859-2004), Make-up Powder (QB/T 1976-2004), Lipsticks (QB/T 1976-2004), Hair Dyes (QB/T1978-2004).
The result is that all randomly selected hair dyes and cosmetics for increasing the beauty of appearance meet the above national and industrial standards.
According to the Hygienic standard for Cosmetics issued by Ministry of Health of PRC, American Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and EU cosmetics regulation, we compare the different limits of hazardous substances and suggest cosmetic enterprises complying with the standards and producing cosmetics without harm to body skin.
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China |
USA |
EU |
Mercury(Hg) |
1 PPM |
1 PPM |
1 PPM |
Lead(Pb) |
40 PPM |
20 PPM |
10 PPM |
Arsenic(As) |
10 PPM |
3 PPM |
2 PPM |