Korea Cosmetic Regulations: Korea Cosmetic Ingredients Standards

Takehome massage:

• Korea has issued a draft regulation partially amending the regulation“Provisions on security Standard for cosmetics”.
• Public commentary is invited before September 26 2014.

On July 29 2014, Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued a pre-announcement on the partial amendment to “Provisions on Security Standard for Cosmetics” which when implemented will standardize the content of cosmetic ingredients and increase the requirements of risk assessment for partial fungicide and preservative ingredients. The announcement is open for public consultation until September 26 2014.

The amendments are as below:

• Phenylparaben and Chloroacetamide are not permitted for to use in the cosmetics and have been removed from the list of fungicide and preservative ingredients
• Products with volume ≤ 150 g(ml) should be labeled with “volume ≥ 97%”. Products with volume ≥ 150 g(ml) should be labeled with “volume ≥ 100%”

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