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Interpretation of Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics

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China's cosmetics industry continues to develop, has become the world's second largest cosmetics market, market size in recent years the average annual growth rate of more than 10%. Cosmetics, as a product for people's daily life, need to meet safety, quality and other requirements. The State Council promulgated the Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics. Let's take a look.

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What is the background of the promulgation of cosmetic supervision regulation?
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For the first time since it came into force 30 years ago, the Regulations on Cosmetics Health Supervision have been comprehensively revised, and a new Regulation on Cosmetics Supervision and Administration has been formulated, which will take effect in January 2021, mainly for the protection of consumer cosmetics safety, promote the development of high quality industry.

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What is the general idea behind the promulgation of the Regulations?
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Optimize the development environment, stimulate market vitality, encourage industry innovation, promote industry development; Implement the four most stringent requirements, strengthen the main responsibility for quality and safety of enterprises, strengthen the whole process of operation and management, strictly abide by the bottom line of quality and safety; According to the principle of risk management, it implements classified management, allocates supervision resources, establishes efficient supervision system and standardizes supervision behaviours. Increase penalties for violations of the law, give high priority to offenders, drive serious offenders out of the market, and create a favourable environment for law-abiding.

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What are the main contents of the Ordinance?
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The system of cosmetics registrant and archivist has been established, and they need to take legal responsibility for the quality and safety of cosmetics life cycle according to law. The provisions of "punishing to persons" and "punishing property" to natural persons have been added; It is clear that new raw materials should be classified and managed, and natural or artificial raw materials used in cosmetics should be used as new raw materials.

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What are the new regulations?
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  • Refer toothpaste to ordinary cosmetics for the first time. The toothpaste shall be evaluated in accordance with national and industrial standards before the publicity of various efficacy problems of the toothpaste can be carried out externally.

  • Manage hair products according to their functions. The original hair product is adjusted to ordinary cosmetics; Bring hair products into drug administration; Anti-hair loss products adjusted for special cosmetic management.

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To the case that exaggerates cosmetic effect at will, what regulations are made under the Ordinance?
A: It stipulates that cosmetic registrants or archivists should be responsible for the efficacy claims of cosmetics, and such claims should have sufficient scientific basis, public basis abstract and can accept social supervision. Cosmetic labels are prohibited to express or imply medical benefits. Misleading consumers with false or misleading content is prohibited.

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