China Clarifies Seven Key Risk Monitoring Items for Cosmetics

On September 14, 2024, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released the draft of Administrative Measures on Cosmetic Safety Risk Monitoring (hereinafter referred to as "Measures"), open for public comment until October 8. ¹

The Measures applies to the safety risk monitoring of cosmetics and toothpaste, excluding special monitoring conducted due to emergencies. It consists of 30 articles across six chapters: general provisions, plan formulation, sampling and inspection, investigation and handling, application of monitoring results, as well as supplementary provisions.

The Measures aims to replace the Working Rules for Cosmetic Risk Monitoring implemented in January 2018. Compared to the current Rules, the draft Measures provides more detailed and comprehensive guidelines for cosmetic risk monitoring. The key points of the Measures are as follows.

1. Clarifying responsibility division and monitoring objectives