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Chinese Cosmetic Consumers Penchant for Novel Products (Video)
Nowadays Chinese consumers, especially the young, are constantly in the search for novelty, a trend which has had an increasingly large influence on their purchasing...
India Consults on the Draft Cosmetics Rules 2018
On Nov. 29, India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a draft cosmetics regulation—Cosmetics Rules 2018 which consists of 71 rules, 13 schedules and 24 appended forms for public consultation until Jan. 13, 2019...
China Notifies the Draft Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulations to the WTO
On Dec. 18, 2018, China submitted a notification (G/TBT/N/CHN/1310) to the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee of WTO proposing to overhaul the outdated overarching cosmetic regulation—Hygiene Supervision of Cosmetics Regulation 1989...
Guangdong Initiates Reform on Simplifying Cosmetic Administration Approval
Guangdong MPA announced on Dec. 20 to initiate its local reform of optimizing administration approval for cosmetic manufacture license and filing of first-imported non-special use cosmetics...
Shanghai Implements Specification for Imported Non-Special Use Cosmetics Filing Documents Review
On Dec 14, 2018, Shanghai Medical Products Administration released and implemented Specification for Imported Non-Special Use Cosmetics Filing Documents Review (only...
GAC Releases Specific Implementation Methods for CBEC Supervision
GAC released Notice No. 194, regulating specific implementation methods on CBEC supervision in accordance with the four files...
Taiwan FDA Specifies Special-Use Cosmetics Category
Taiwan special use cosmetics are specified as sunscreen, hair dyes, hair perms, deodorants, teeth whitening and other cosmetics stipulated by TFDA. Cosmetics Border inspection mainly focus on products’...
China Releases Extensive Standards for Cosmetic Ingredients and Efficacy Testing
On Nov. 13, Zhejiang Health Products and Cosmetics Industry Association released 4 new group standards of cosmetic efficacy testing methods to instruct industry on how to evaluate cosmetic efficacy claims effectively and guarantee the claim is based on scientific...
Chinese Cosmetic Officials Disclose Development Direction of Pending Supervision and Administration Regulation
From Nov. 23 to Nov. 24 2018, Shanghai held the first International Cosmetics Industry Summit in Fengxian District, attended by a number of Chinese government officials and hundreds of renowned international and domestic...
Annual Report System to Be Implemented For First-Imported Non-Special Use Cosmetics Filing Management
It is possible that mandatory annual reporting will be implemented for first-imported non-special use cosmetics filing management. Registration of first imported...
