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New CFDA Rule to Improve Cosmetic Sampling Inspection
Nov 05, 2015
CFDA has published a notice to seek public consultation for its newly drafted “Technical Standard of Sampling Inspection of Cosmetic Supervision” and “Cosmetic Sampling Documentation” on 21 October, aimed at further improving the quality of sampling inspection of cosmetics. The consultation will close on 10 November.
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CFDA Approves 9 Cosmetic Testing Methods
Oct 13, 2015
In order to standardize the examination of the technical requirements of prohibited and restricted substances the CFDA’s Expert Committee of Cosmetic Standards reviewed and passed 9 cosmetic testing methods.
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Debate Flares over Cosmetic Safety Technical Standard
Aug 20, 2015
Thirty years after China began implementing its “Reform and Opening-up Policy”, China has become the third largest market for cosmetics in the world, just behind Japan and the United States. To confront customers’ safety concerns, CFDA has in recent years issued a myriad of notifications, standards and measures to tackle illicit manufacture and sale of cosmetics, particularly those that involve use of prohibited substance.
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Three Significant Changes Worthy of Attention in Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics
Aug 18, 2015
On August 12th, CFDA opened Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetic for public consultation. The new standard “Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics” replaces the Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics (2007). Articulated within the standard are significantly reduced maximum impurity level requirements, stricter requirements for children’s cosmetics and an appended list of prohibited substances which has an additional 100 substances added.
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Public Consultation Resumed for New Draft of Cosmetic Safety Technical Standard
Aug 13, 2015
Amendments to the new draft of Cosmetic Safety Technical Standard have kicked off the second phase of public consultation after the first ended this February. The Registration Division of CFDA released a notice on 12 August, calling for the bulky guidance to undergo a further round of public feedback before 1st of September.
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China National Standard: Determination Methods of Three Prohibited Cosmetic Ingredients
Mar 06, 2015
National standard “GB/T 30942-2014 Determination of 2-methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol and 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethanol in cosmetics”, formulated by Fujian Institute of Quality Inspection and Technical Research entered into force recently. The standard specifies the determination methods of the three ingredients in cream, lotion and liquid products. According to the standard, the detection limit of these ingredients is 15mg/kg and the limit of quantitation is 50mg/kg.
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Using an Overseas UV Testing Reports in China
Feb 28, 2015
According to Chinese Cosmetic Regulations "Guidance on Cosmetic Technology Review" and "Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007" (China's Key cosmetic Technical Standard), the CFDA (China Food and Drug Administration) can accept UV test reports from overseas labs under certain conditions. In general, those tests include SPF value determination, water resistant testing and PFA value determination...
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New Draft of China Cosmetic Safety Standard
Feb 16, 2015
Data compiled on January 21st, 2015 revealed that the number of the enterprises granted a cosmetics production license certificate was 3880, and the number of individual licensed cosmetic products was 275,127. With the rapid development of China's cosmetics industry the current cosmetics safety standard "Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics 2007" (hereinafter "the Standard 2007") lacks the specific provisions to adequately regulate China's industry evidenced by the large number of cosmetic related adverse events reported by the CFDA since it took over regulatory responsibility from the MoH. In an effort to remedy this situation the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC), commissioned by CFDA, revised the Standard, and published the "Safety Technical Standard for Cosmetics (draft)" for comments on February 3, 2015 for public consultation...
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China Drafts Cosmetic Technical Safety Standard
Feb 09, 2015
In an effort to develop regulatory protocols and standards which match the technical and supervisory capacity of the cosmetic industry, the CFDA is revising the 2007 Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics. To date the most significant progress made in amending this standard was the release of the revised body of the 2007 Hygienic Standard (renamed Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics) in 30 Nov 2012. Since January 2014 the CFDA has coordinated with the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) in a further revision of this draft. Following over a year of detailed revision work, the NIFDC is now soliciting opinions from the public on the new draft of the Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics. The period for public consultation will end on February 28 2015. The basic revision work for the NIFDC are the adjustment of the regulatory framework (the new draft is divided into two parts: body and appendixes), the standardization of contents and wordings and the correction of s
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China to Revise Cosmetics Hygienic Standard
Nov 05, 2014
According to Zhang Qingsheng, the first draft of the Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics has been completed and will be open for public consultation within the year. After it is amended according to the public opinions the “Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics” will be officially promulgated.
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