SFDA Starts Second Consultation on Revised IECIC Draft

SFDA is seeking views on the revised draft of the Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredient in China (IECIC)

In order to further reinforce the management of cosmetic raw material, China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has issued the revised draft of the Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredient in China (IECIC) on 27 April, 2012 for second public consultation. The 2012 revised draft list contains altogether 1674 existing ingredients in the Chinese cosmetic market.

On the basis of first batch , the list has also been published in the form of opinion-soliciting draft and China SFDA is now welcoming prompt public comments on the revised proposal up to 18 may, 2012 (See Chemlinked news on 8 December 2011).

Compared with the first batch, the revised one has deleted 36 cosmetic ingredients and revised part of the maximum use limit as well as Maximum concentration permitted in cosmetics. We suggest cosmetic companies pay special attention to these differences.

Preview of the first batch of IECIC (revised draft)

The Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China (IECIC) (first batch) (opinion-soliciting draft)
已使用化妆品原料名称目录（第一批）
(征求意见稿）
Order nr. 序号	Chinese name 中文名	INCI name INCI名	Limit of use 使用限量
			Maximum use limit 最高使用量（%）	Specified limit of use in Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics (2007) 《化妆品卫生规范》（2007年版）规定使用限量
			Maximum use limit 最高使用量（%）	Maximum concentration permitted in cosmetics 化妆品中最大允许使用浓度（%）	Other restrictions and requirements 其它限制和要求
1	(动物)胎盘蛋白质	PLACENTAL PROTEIN	0.0007
2	(日用)香精		1
3	(神经)鞘脂类	SPHINGOLIPIDS	0.00001465
4	1,2-己二醇	1,2-HEXANEDIOL	0.5
5	1,2-戊二醇	PENTYLENE GLYCOL	4.5
6	1,3-丙二醇	PROPANEDIOL	8
7	1,3-双-(2,4-二氨基苯氧基)丙烷 HCl	1,3-BIS-(2,4-DIAMINOPHENOXY) PROPANE HCl		2.0 (calculated by free radical) 2.0(以游离基计)	When used in mixtures with oxidized milk, maximum concentration is 1.0% 当与氧化乳混合使用时, 最大使用浓度应1.0%

Full excel of the revised draft can be found here in bilingual languages of Chinese and English.

Reference links

SFDA notice

Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredient in China （IECIC）