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China Consults on the First Regulation for Freckle-Removing and Whitening Cosmetic Ingredients

China is inviting public submissions regarding the draft “Technical Guidelines for Research on Freckle-removing and Whitening Cosmetics” and the draft “Technical Guidelines for Research on Functional Ingredients of Freckle-removing and Whitening Cosmetics”. The former draft regulation provides technical guidance for the R&D, safety assessment, efficacy evaluation, manufacturing, quality control and labeling of freckle-removing and whitening cosmetics. The latter provides scientific suggestions and technical guidance for cosmetic registrants to research and evaluate whitening ingredients.

On March 17, 2023, China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) released the draft Technical Guidelines for Research on Freckle-removing and Whitening Cosmetics (the “Guidelines for Whitening Cosmetics”) and the draft Technical Guidelines for Research on Functional Ingredients of Freckle-removing and Whitening Cosmetics (the “Guidelines for Whitening Ingredients”) for public consultation. 1 Stakeholders with any suggestions can fill out the Feedback Form and send it to hzppjzx@nifdc.org.cn by April 2.

The two guidelines are devised to further regulate and guide the research and evaluation of cosmetics and ingredients with freckle-removing and whitening efficacies, so as to improve the safety and quality of cosmetics and promote industry research and innovation.

Highlights of the "Guidelines for Whitening Cosmetics"

The "Guidelines for Whitening Cosmetics" summarizes the technical points and principles that need attention in general principles, product attributes, formula design, product safety assessment, production process and quality control, efficacy evaluation and product labels, etc. of freckle-removing and whitening cosmetics. Specifics are shown in the table below:

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