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NMPA adds Determination of Hormone Components in Cosmetics and Determination of Anti-infective Drug in Cosmetics into Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics (2015)

Sep 29, 2019
Ye Chen
On 27th Sept, National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) amended the Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics (2015) by adding two testing methods: Determination of Hormone Components in Cosmetics and Determination of Anti-infective Drug in Cosmetics.

The method for the determination of hormonal components in cosmetics is high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. It is applicable to the qualitative and quantitative determination of 63 hormonal components in cosmetics such as cream emulsion, liquid water-based, liquid oil-based, gel, and facial mask cosmetics.

The method for the determination of anti-infective drug in cosmetics is high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. It is applicable to the detection of 36 anti-infective drugs in cosmetics such as creams, lotions and liquids.
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