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South Korea Consults on Cosmetics Act
Mar 23, 2023
MFDS to clarify the scope of prohibited labels in the Cosmetics Act.
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South Korea Cracks Down on False Advertising Claiming Anti Hair Loss
Nov 08, 2022
MFDS disclosed 172 cases of shampoo advertisements violating the advertisement requirements for claiming anti hair loss.
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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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South Korea Revises the Functional Cosmetics Evaluation Regulation
Jul 01, 2021
MFDS updated the Functional Cosmetics Evaluation Regulation, mainly modifying the permitted SPF testing method, requirements of submission documents, and the labeling standards for claiming "water resistance".
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Breaking News! South Korea Exempts Cosmetics from Labeling the Recycle Grade
Dec 16, 2020
South Korea brought out the "Reverse Recycling Scheme of Cosmetic Containers". By joining the project, enterprises can be exempted from labeling the "difficult to recycle" grade of packaging materials. The eligible participants, application procedure and method, enterprises’ obligations are listed.
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South Korea Enacts the Requirements for Custom Cosmetics Sales Business
Oct 30, 2020
South Korea disclosed the Requirements for Custom Cosmetics Sales Business, which stipulates the prohibited cosmetics contents and operational requirements for custom cosmetics retail business.
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South Korea Consults on Revising the Recycling Symbols on Cosmetics Packing Materials
Sep 18, 2020
MOE proposed to optimize the requirements on recycling symbols on September 10, 2020. The packing material recycling methods are to be added along with the recycling symbols. The recycling symbol size is expected to be enlarged from 8mm to 12mm.
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South Korea Bans Atopy-Relieving Claims on Functional Cosmetics
Aug 07, 2020
The "atopy" related expression is deleted in the category name of “functional cosmetics.
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South Korea Clarifies Details of Packaging Material Grade Labeling
Feb 27, 2020
On Feb 17, 2020, the South Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) released and implemented the Standard for Packaging Material Grade Labeling. The standard clarifies the details of packaging material grade labeling...
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South Korea Releases 2020 Cosmetics Manufacture and Distribution Management Plan
Feb 21, 2020
On February 18, 2020, South Korean MFDS released the 2020 manufacture and distribution management plan for cosmetics, biomedicine, drug, and quasi-drug...
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Stay Current: China’s Cosmetic Safety Assessment Regulatory Landscape
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.
China’s Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics (STSC) and Its Updates
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