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Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced the ban of 19 kinds of ingredients for use in medicated soaps including medicated hand wash, medicated shower gel and medicated facial cleansing.
The 19 kinds of ingredients are:
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No |
Name |
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1 |
Cloflucarban |
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2 |
Fluorosalan |
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3 |
Hexachlorophene |
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4 |
Hexylresorcinol |
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5 |
Iodophors |
Iodine complex (ammonium ether sulfate and polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate) |
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6 |
Iodine complex (phosphate ester of alkylaryloxy polyethylene glycol) |
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7 |
Nonylphenoxypoly (ethyleneoxy) ethanoliodine |
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8 |
Poloxamer-iodine complex |
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9 |
Povidone-iodine 5-10 percent |
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10 |
Undecoylium chloride iodine complex |
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11 |
Methylbenzethonium chloride |
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12 |
Phenol (greater than 1.5 percent) |
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13 |
Phenol (less than 1.5 percent) |
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14 |
Secondary amyltricresols |
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15 |
Sodium oxychlorosene |
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16 |
Tribromsalan |
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17 |
Triclocarban |
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18 |
Triclosan |
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19 |
Triple dye |
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Medicated soaps are regulated as quasi drugs in Japan, which require registration with MHLW. For products already registered containing any one of the above 19 ingredients, if the ingredient functions as an active ingredient, a new application for registration shall be submitted before Sep 30 2017; if it is used as an additive, just an application for modification is needed before Sep 30 2017. To make the transition quick, MHLW released a policy that applications submitted during Nov 1 2016 to Sep 30 2017 will be subject to a quick review process under the condition that there is no error in the application form.
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