IECIC 2015 contains 8783 ingredients that have already been used in cosmetic in China, which serves as the sole reference for determining the regulatory status of cosmetic ingredients.
Cosmetic companies and ingredient suppliers are strongly recommended to check whether their ingredients number among the inventory. All ingredients excluded from the list are subject to mandatory pre-market registration or notification under new cosmetic ingredients regulations with the NMPA.
In case that an ingredient in the IECIC is also a restricted substance in the Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics 2015, it should be used in conformity with corresponding restriction requirements, such as application scope, maximum permitted concentration in the finished cosmetic products, warnings, etc.