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Korea Officially Releases New Amendments to Cosmetics Act
May 29, 2018
Korea has been working on amending Cosmetics Act. On Mar 13, 2018, the amendments to Cosmetics Act were officially released. Except for the provisions related to customized cosmetics, which will take effect on Mar 14, 2020, the new Cosmetics Act will fully enter into force on Mar 14, 2019...
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Korea Releases Guidelines for Testing of Cosmetic Microbial Limit
May 11, 2018
On Apr 27 2018, Korean MFDS released a guideline detailing the testing method for cosmetic microbial limit to ensure the quality and safety of domestic cosmetics and help manufacturers meet quality control requirements...
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Detailing Korean functional cosmetic registration
Aug 14, 2017
Before May 30th 2017 functional cosmetics in Korea only referred to whitening products, anti-wrinkle products and sunscreen products. However, afterwards, MFDS expanded the scope of functional cosmetics and newly designated 5 types of quasi-drug as functional cosmetics. Currently, 9 types of cosmetics are defined as functional cosmetics as follows...
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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...
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Summary of Korea Recent Ingredients Requirement Changes
Jul 13, 2017
Because several types of quasi-drugs converted into functional cosmetics in first half year of 2017, ingredients standard for cosmetics have to revise for the integration. MFDS has revised "Cosmetic Safety Standard" which includes ingredients requirements more than twice recently. Chemlinked help sorted out all these changes in this article...
South Korea
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Korea Bans Plastic Microbeads in Cosmetics
Jul 04, 2017
Korea prohibits the use of microbeads with diameter less than 5mm in cosmetics (especially cleansing products) since July 1st 2017. According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 22 plastic components are excluded from the scope of microbead. However, Korea requires imported cosmetics containing these 22 components to submit a notification report to KPTA for assessment during customs clearance...
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Korea Banned 11 Ingredients Relating to Functional Cosmetics
Jun 22, 2017
To guarantee the safety of newly designated functional cosmetics, MFDS banned 11 ingredients and revised "Cosmetic Safety Standard" again (see news about revision of Cosmetic Safety Standard last month at: CL). The following listed ingredients are banned in cosmetics in Korea from Jun.13th 2017...
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A Collection: Systematically Understand Korea Cosmetic Regulation
Jun 06, 2017
Korea is among the most lucrative cosmetic market which attracts quantity of cosmetic products importing in . Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) regulates cosmetics by issueing basic "Cosmetic Act". To enter Korea market, cosmetics enterprises have to undergo several registration process. To see general cosmetic regulation compliance in Korea, please visit...
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Korea Revised Ingredients Standard for Newly Designated Functional Cosmetics
Jun 06, 2017
As Hair dye products, epilating agents and some other quasi-drugs have been recently designated as functional cosmetics, MDFS accordingly revised "Cosmetic Safety Standard" which regulates ingredients usage in all cosmetics in Korea. Allowing hair dye products to use Toluene-3, 4-diamine, and amend restrictions of ingredients: Toluene-3, 4-diamine) -1-naphthalenyl] methylene] -2,5...
South Korea
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Korea Refines Testing Method regarding to Functional Cosmetics
May 31, 2017
To adapt to the recent expansion of functional cosmetics scope, MFDS revised relevant testing methods and related quality control standards, which were implemented on May 30th 2017. Detailed revisions are outlined below...
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