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MFDS (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) disclosed the Standards and Testing Methods of Functional Cosmetics [1] on December 30 2020. The authority approved new preparations of functional cosmetics. By adding these new raw materials, the competent authority intends to enlarge the scope of functional cosmetics exempted from evaluation and ease enterprises' burden.
Background To register a functional cosmetic in South Korea, the enterprise needs to apply for an evaluation to MFDS, which is complicated and costly. However, for certain cosmetics listed under the Standards and Testing Methods of Functional Cosmetics [2], this evaluation can be exempted. The relevant enterprise can only submit safety and effect reports following Article 10 of Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetics Act [3]. |
Newly Added Preparations:
No. | Functional Cosmetic Category | Preparations |
1 | Whiten and anti-wrinkle product | Complex of Ethyl Ascorbyl Ether, Adenosine (in forms of solution, lotion, cream and Soaked Mask) |
2 | Hair dye product | (a) Sodium Persulfate and Potassium Persulfate Powder (b) 3-Step oxidative hair dyes whose Step 3 is a hair conditioner |
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