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A Collection of China’s Non-compliant Cosmetics with Prohibited Ingredients, Maximum Penalties of 2.49 Million Yuan
Mar 18, 2024
According to data from National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), 88 batches of non-compliant products containing prohibited ingredients were detected between Jan. 2023 and Feb. 2024. Notably, 79 batches were identified in 2023, exhibiting a year-on-year surge of 155% compared to 2022.
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Post-market Surveillance
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2024 Outlook: New Regulatory Requirements and Expiring Transitional Policies in Global Major Countries
Dec 18, 2023
ChemLinked summarized the upcoming regulatory requirements and expiring transition policies in 2024, covering major countries across the globe, including China, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN, EU, UK and US.
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AP
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Cosmetics Regulation Focus: What Are the Impacts of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability?
Apr 28, 2023
On October 14, 2020, the European Commission published the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability to achieve the ambitious environmental convention of the European Green Deal, which has significant impact on the Cosmetics Regulation. In line with the strategy’s objectives, the Cosmetics Regulation is likely to place bans on new hazard categories, extend the “Generic Approach to Risk Management”, improve the efficiency and coherence of safety assessments, take into consideration of chemicals’ combined effects in the risk assessment, consolidate the management of specific substances, and include digital labelling as a feasible labelling option.
Pre-market Approval
Ingredients
Labeling/Claim/Advertising
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EU
Cosmetic Sustainability
ANALYSIS
China General Cosmetic Annual Report: Catch the Deadline of March 31
Mar 14, 2023
A new round of annual report submission for notified general cosmetics started on January 1, 2023 and will end on March 31, 2023. Relevant companies shall make arrangements as soon as possible...
Chinese Mainland
Post-market Surveillance
CSAR
ANALYSIS
EU Safety Gate Alerts 212 Batches of Non-compliant Cosmetics in 2022
Feb 24, 2023
In 2022, EU Safety Gate published 212 alerts on non-compliant cosmetics notified by 16 countries, among which Sweden, Lithuania, Italy, Germany and France ranked the Top 5. In terms of product category, perfume tops the list of non-compliant cosmetics, followed by skin-lightening cream/lotion, body cream/lotion, face cream and hair dye. For the notified cosmetics, the detection of prohibited ingredient is the primary non-compliance reason. Other major reasons include failing to meet the use condition, risk of being contaminated, excessive concentration of heavy metal and unqualified labelling.
Ingredients
Labeling/Claim/Advertising
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EU
ANALYSIS
Noteworthy Time Points for Cosmetic Registration and Notification in China in 2023 and Beyond
Dec 21, 2022
ChemLinked sorted out noteworthy time points for cosmetic registration and notification in China in the rest of 2022, 2023 and beyond, to help cosmetic stakeholders make relevant preparations in advance...
Chinese Mainland
Children Cosmetics
Pre-market Approval
Ingredients
Labeling/Claim/Advertising
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ANALYSIS
Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation Penalizes Cosmetics Claiming Anti-aging
Aug 31, 2022
The claim of “anti-aging” for cosmetics is still in the fuzzy area of regulation. There are compliance risks for claiming anti-aging.
Chinese Mainland
Labeling/Claim/Advertising
Post-market Surveillance
Efficacy
CSAR
ANALYSIS
EU RAPEX Receives 72 Alerts for Non-compliant Cosmetics in 2022 H1, Detection of Prohibited Ingredient Being the Primary Reason
Aug 11, 2022
From January to June 2022, RAPEX received 72 alerts on measures taken against non-compliant cosmetics. These cosmetics were notified by 14 countries, among which Sweden, Ireland, Lithuania, Germany and France ranked the Top 5. Besides, the detection of prohibited ingredient is the primary non-compliance reason for the notified cosmetics,
Ingredients
Post-market Surveillance
EU
ANALYSIS
Excessive Packaging to Be the Next Focus of Crackdown in China’s Cosmetics Sector
Sep 23, 2021
Excessive packaging, also called over-packaging, describes a product whose packaging interspace ratio, packaging layers, and packaging costs exceed the necessary function requirements, which are redundant for or unwanted by the customers. Amidst the increasing homogeneity of products, services, and channels, the purpose of excessive packaging may be to catch consumers’ attention and boost product sales among the fierce market competition...
Chinese Mainland
Post-market Surveillance
ANALYSIS
China Non-Compliant Cosmetic Data in H1 2020: Hair Dye is the Most Problematic Category
Aug 19, 2020
ChemLinked sorted out the inspection data published on NMPA’s official website in the first half of 2020, finding that a total of 108 batches of cosmetics have failed NMPA or provincial MPAs’ random inspections due to compliance problems. The range of products cover masks, skin care, sunscreens and hair dyes with hair dyes having the largest unqualified rate of about 53%...
Chinese Mainland
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