On Dec. 31, 2019, China General Administration of Customs (GAC) announced the repeal of 447 industrial standards pertaining to the customs inspection and quarantine of imported and exported products. The announcement came into force from the date of promulgation.
The abolished standards relevant to the cosmetic sector are as follows (click here to download):
| No. | Standard Code | Standard Name | Reasons for Abolishment |
| 1 | SN/T 2287-2009 | HACCP applied guidelines in cosmetics for import and export | The International Organization for Standardization has issued ISO 22716: 2007 Cosmetics—Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)—Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices. China has adopted this standard and has formulated SN/T 2359-2009 Good manufacturing practice for cosmetics for import and export. |
| 2 | SN/T 4598-2016 | Technology specifications of safety and monitoring of import and export cosmetic | There is a corresponding normative document. |
| 3 | SN/T 1784-2006 | Determination of dioxane residues in cosmetics for import and export – Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method | Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015 has the same test method. |
| 4 | SN/T 2103-2008 | Determination of 8-methoxypsoralen and 5-methoxypsoralen in cosmetics for import and export – Liquid chromatography | Both GB/T 30935-2014 Determination of 8 furocoumarines, including 8-methoxypsoralen in cosmetics – High-performance liquid chromatography and Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015 have test methods for relevant items. |
| 5 | SN/T 2104-2008 | Determination of dicumarol and cyclocoumarol in cosmetics for import and export – Liquid chromatography | GB/T 35798-2018 Determination of coumarin and its derivatives in cosmetics—High performance liquid chromatography has a corresponding test method. |
| 6 | SN/T 2109-2008 | Determination of quinine and quinine salts in cosmetics for import and export | Article 3.6, Chapter 4 of the Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015, has the testing method for corresponding items. |
| 7 | SN/T 3479-2013 | Determination of mercury, arsenic, lead in cosmetics for import and export - Atomic fluorescence spectrometric method | The content of this standard has been included in the Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015. |
| 8 | SN/T 3528-2013 | Determination of sulfite and bisulfite in cosmetics for import and export - Ion chromatographic method | GB/T 35950-2018 Determination of inorganic sulfites and bisulfites in cosmetics has the same test method. |
| 9 | SN/T 3607-2013 | Determination of volatile nitrosamines in cosmetics – Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method | GB/T 29669-2013 Determination of 10 volatile nitrosamines, including N-nitrosodimethylamine in cosmetics – Gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry has the same test method. |
| 10 | SN/T 3820-2014 | Determination of formaldehyde in cosmetics for export – Liquid chromatographic method | The content of this standard has been included in the Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015. |
| 11 | SN/T 3823-2014 | Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cosmetics for import and export – Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method | The content of this standard is essentially the same as GB/T 29670-2013 Determination of 9 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including naphthalene, benzo[a]anthracene in cosmetics—Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. |
| 12 | SN/T 3828-2014 | Determination of stibium in cosmetics for import and export – ICP-MS method | Both GB/T 35828-2018 Determination of Chromium, arsenic, cadmium, stibium, and lead In cosmetic—Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015 have the same test methods. |
| 13 | SN/T 4031-2014 | Determination of acrylamide monomer residues in cosmetics for export – LC-MS/MS method | Both GB/T 29659-2013 Determination of Acrylamide in Cosmetics and Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015 have the test methods for acrylamide in cosmetics. |
| 14 | SN/T 4146-2015 | Determination of nonylphenol in cosmetics – Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry | The pretreatment method and instrumental analysis method of this standard are essentially the same as the GB/T 29675-2013 Determination of nonylphenol in cosmetics—Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. |
| 15 | SN/T 4506-2016 | Determination of diphenhydramine in cosmetics for import and export | The content of this standard has been included in the Cosmetic Safety and Technical Standards 2015. |
| 16 | SN/T 3040-2011 | Detection of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in cosmetics | This test method has been included in the SN/T 2206.13-2014 Determination of microorganism in cosmetics—Part 13: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. |
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