Korea Drafted Regulation of Customized Cosmetic Authentication System

Takehome:

Korea issued specific law to regulate customized cosmetic authentication system. The law will officially be enacted on Feb.20th 2019 and effective on Feb.20th 2020.

In the new regulation draft, cosmetic manufacturing/ sale business will be divided into three types in the future: 1) cosmetic manufacturing business; 2) cosmetic responsible sale business; 3) customized cosmetic sale business. Customized cosmetic sale business specifically shoulders the duty of manufacturing and selling customized cosmetics by registering with MFDS under the prime minister decree. The manager of customized cosmetic business should be qualified, and sellers should fulfill the duty of maintaining special facilities and devices, complying with mixture and partitioning safety management and explaining ingredients and raw materials of customized cosmetics.

The new regulation also set the definition of customized cosmetics. Customized cosmetics are manufactured or imported cosmetics containing specified ingredients which promulgated by MFDS. The regulation will be officially enacted on Feb.20th 2019 and fully enter into force on Feb.20th 2020.

The regulation suggested assigning cosmetic safety management supervisors from cosmetic industry groups or consumer groups which are nominated by director of MFDS or local FDA. The cosmetic safety management supervisors help official staff to visit, investigate relevant business, collect questions and submit unqualified cosmetic reports.