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the testing report for the registration or filing of cosmetics must be issued by the cosmetic registration and filing inspection institutions. the testing report shall conform to the requirement of the technical standards for cosmetics, the working rules for cosmetic registration and filing as well as other regulations.
on december 29, 2022, the state administration for market regulation (standardization administration of the people's republic of china) approved and issued gb 28489-2022 limits of harmful substances in musical instruments, which replaced the gb/t 28489-2012. the nature of the standard has been changed from recommended (gb/t) to mandatory (gb), and the new standard will be implemented on january 1, 2024.
recently, china's national institutes for food and drug control issued two catalogs, including,
the international authoritative cosmetic safety assessment data index; and
usage information for ingredients in marketed products
on april 30, 2024, the national institutes for food and drug control released seven documents and twelve q&a sessions, all related to cosmetic safety assessment.
we have collected the latest faqs on ordinary cosmetics filing from the guangzhou administration for market regulation and translated them into english for your reference.
we have collected the latest faqs on ordinary cosmetics filing from the guangzhou administration for market regulation and translated them into english for your reference.
we have collected the latest faqs on ordinary cosmetics filing from beijing cosmetics review and inspection center and translated them into english for your reference.
perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (pfhxs) is a highly surface-active perfluorinated compound with chemical properties similar to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (pfos). following the ban on pfos by the stockholm convention in 2009, pfhxs has been widely used as a substitute in various products. however, pfhxs is persistent in the environment, capable of long-range transport, and may cause developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity. at the 10th conference of the parties to the stockholm convention (sc cop-10), pfhxs, its salts, and related compounds were listed in annex a of the convention for elimination, with no exemptions allowed.
on january 12, 2024, china released the inventory of existing toothpaste ingredients in china (industry association version). the list, which comprises 1026 ingredients, was compiled by the china oral care industry association based on the toothpaste ingredients recorded by the association and with reference to the inventory of existing cosmetic ingredients in china (2021 edition).
on january 25, 2024, china‘s ministry of industry and information technology, the ministry of commerce, and the general administration of customs jointly issued a notice on simplifying the import and export control over mixtures containing low concentrations of triethanolamine, which will take effect on february 1, 2024. according to the notice, products with low concentrations of triethanolamine, including non-medical disinfectants, synthetic detergents, cosmetics, and inks, are no longer subject to the import & export control for triethanolamine (hs code: 2922150000), and triethanolamine mixtures (hs code: 3824999950) listed in the catalogue of license for dual-use items and technologies.