Five cosmetics companies have been rejected the issuance of Chinese Cosmetic Administrative License for submitting false application materials. The State Food and Drug Administration issued this notice on its website on 30 November 2011, giving a punishment warning to the five companies and forbidding them to re-apply the administrative licensing for their involved cosmetic products within one year as of the warning date.
Three of the five companies are non-Chinese manufacturers based in South Korea and Taiwan district, and which have submitted application through Chinese reporting agents. The rejected 16 products include 8 hair lotions, 1 hair dye product (black), 2 shower gels, 1 skin cream and 1 breast enhancement product.