South Korea to Amend Cosmetic Safety Standard

Prohibited ingredients are newly added and the limitation on restricted ingredients are more stringent 2 preservatives are prohibited to use in cosmetics for children under 13 years old 7 ingredients that are allowed to use in hair dyes are newly added Ingredients that can be used in customized cosmetics are specified

On July 23, 2019, South Korean MFDS released an announcement amending Cosmetic Safety Standard ^[1]. Public consultation will last until August 12, 2019. If you have any suggestions, you mail [email protected] ^[2].

The main amendments are as follows:

1. Prohibited ingredients are newly added and the limitation on restricted ingredients are more stringent.

Prohibited ingredients that are newly added: Tagetes Erecta Flower Extract and Oils
Restricted ingredients that are newly added: Tagetes Patula Flower Extract and Oils, Tagetes Minuta Flower Extract and Oils, extract, oils and derivatives of peanuts, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Restricted ingredients whose limitations are tightened

Ingredients	Current limitation	Limitation after amendments
P-Chloro-m-Cresol	0.2%	0.04%
4,4-dimethyl -1,3-oxazolidine(dimethyl oxazolidine)	0.1%	0.05%
Methylisothiazolinone	0.01%	0.0015%
Chlorophene (2-Benzyl-4-Chlorophenol	0.2%	0.05%
Propionic acid and its salts	2%	0.9%

2. Two preservatives, Salicylic acid and its salts and Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, which were previously prohibited to use in cosmetics for children under 3 years old, now are prohibited to use in cosmetics for children under 13 years old.

3. Seven ingredients that are allowed to use in hair dyes are newly added and the limitations are set.

Ingredients	Limitation	Note
2-Amino-3-Hydroxypyridine	Oxidation hair dyes 1.0%	Prohibited to use in other products
4-Amino-m-cresol	Oxidation hair dyes 1.5%
5-Amino-6-Chloro-o-Cresol	Oxidation hair dyes 0.5%
Hydroxypropyl Bis(N-Hydroxyethyl-p-Phenylenediamine) HCI	Oxidation hair dyes 0.4%
1-Hydroxyethyl 4,5-Diamino Pyrazole Sulfate	Oxidation hair dyes 3.0%
hydroxybenzomorpholine	Oxidation hair dyes 1.0%
6-Hydroxyindole	Oxidation hair dyes 0.5%

4. Except for the following ingredients, other ingredients can be used in customized cosmetics.

Prohibited ingredients in Annex 1 of Cosmetic Safety Standard.
Restricted ingredients in Annex 2 of Cosmetic Safety Standard.
Functional ingredients used in functional cosmetics that are announced by MFDS, except for functional ingredients in the functional cosmetics which have been registered with MFDS.

5. Testing standards and methods for soaps are newly set.