The applicant shall submit a new ingredient research report, research materials related to preparation process, stability and quality control standard as well as material for safety assessment during new ingredients registration or filing. High-risk new ingredients will still be subject to pre-use registration with the NMPA. The New Regulation provides that new ingredients, except for higher risk ingredients which are antiseptic, sunscreen, colorant, hair dye, and freckle whitening among others will be admitted on a filing basis with the NMPA rather than requiring approval. With a total of 80 articles across 6 chapters, the New Regulation is far more comprehensive than the Current Regulation which consists of only 35 articles.Įasier to Use New Cosmetics Ingredients in ChinaĬurrently, prior approval must be obtained from the National Medical Products Administration (“ NMPA”) for the use of any new ingredient, either natural or synthetic, which has not already been used in the manufacture of cosmetics in China. The New Regulation made minor changes to the Second Draft. We previously published articles discussing the main changes from the Second Draft of Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics () (“ Second Draft”). They will be replaced by the Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics () (“ New Regulation”) which was published on 29 June 2020 and will be enacted from 1 January 2021. The Regulations on Hygiene Supervision of Cosmetics () (“ Current Regulation”) are very much ripe to finally bow out after almost thirty years of being the primary regulation governing the production of cosmetics and the operation of cosmetic companies. To address issues such as product safety and quality, the PRC authorities finally passed new regulations to better regulate the cosmetics industry. There is a significant increase in cosmetic product offerings and competition. The size and growth of the Chinese cosmetics market has not gone unnoticed by the authorities. Data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics suggests total retail sales of cosmetics in China in 2019 exceeded RMB 299 billion and a year-on-year growth was almost 13%, which means that retail sales increased by approximately 40 billion over the year. ![]() The cosmetics market in China is growing bigger each year. Authors: Mark Schaub(Corporate & Commercial Group), Effy Liu, Serena Guo, Tom Shi, King & Wood Mallesons
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