Product Compliance
Test/Filing/Registration
The Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Labels (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) will be officially implemented on May 1, 2022. The contents that must be marked in the label of cosmetics are now given a warm reminder:
1. Chinese name of product (Major changes: guiding words must be specified)
1. The sales package shall be marked at a prominent position on the visible surface.
2. Have at least one lead.
3. Where letters, Chinese phonetic alphabet, numbers and symbols are used as trademark names, a registered trademark certificate shall be obtained, and the meanings shall be explained on the visible surface of the product sales package.
4. The Chinese name of the product shall be marked on the packaging container in direct contact with the contents.
5. No claim shall be made for medical effect or efficacy that the product does not possess.
As stipulated in the Measures, the use of specific names of raw materials or words indicating the category of raw materials shall be consistent with the ingredients in the product formula, and the efficacy of the raw materials in the product shall be consistent with the efficacy claims of the product. Using names such as animal, vegetable or mineral to describe the scent of the product, color or shape, this ingredient don't have to be included in the recipe. When naming, it can use the names such as animals, plants, minerals or and other names and with the addition of the type of fragrance, the form of color or shape. It can also add a suffix after the attribute name, such as rose flavor facial cleanser or facial cleanser (rose flavor).
2. Registrants, record holders and domestic responsible persons (Major changes: Changes in guiding language)
Take common cosmetics as an example
3. Manufacturing enterprises (Major changes: refined labeling requirements)
1. The name and address of the manufacturing enterprise shall be marked with the manufacturing enterprise that completes the last process of bring into contact with the contents.
2. Domestic producing enterprises shall mark the cosmetics production license number after the name and address of the enterprise.
3. If the registered address of the production enterprise is inconsistent with the actual production address, the actual production address stated in the production license shall be marked.
4. Standard number of product implementation (Major changes: new items must be marked)
1. Using the appropriate leading words.
2. The product record number can be marked with the standard number implemented by the product, while the original national standard, industrial standard and enterprise standard can no not be marked.
5. All ingredients(Major changes: changes in labeling form and descending order requirements)
1. Labels shall be visible on the sales package.
2. Standard Chinese names of all ingredients should be marked.
3. The content shall be the total content of individual ingredients in the formula.
Cosmetic ingredients are ingredients that are purposefully added to product formulations during the manufacturing process and play a role in the final product. In order to ensure the quality of cosmetics raw materials added in the raw materials of extremely small amounts of antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers and other ingredients, athough the product formula shall be filled in in the form of the compound of the raw material when applying for registration or filing, the ingredients that do not belong to cosmetics may not be marked on the product label; Of course, enterprises can also mark product labels to ensure consumers' right to know.
6. Net content
1. Use of national legal units of measurement (if other units of measurement are used, they shall be converted into China's legal units of measurement).
2. Marking on the display surface of sales packaging.
7. Terms of use (Major changes: refinement requirements)
1. Two marking forms: production date and expiration date; batch number and expiry date.
2. When there are multiple independent packaging products in the sales package, the expiry date of each independent packaging shall be marked separately; Sales packages may indicate the service life of independent packaging products that is due at the earliest, or the service life of individual independent packaging products.
3. The expiration date shall be marked on the packaging containers in direct contact with the contents, or marked the production batch number and expiration date after opening.
8. Methods of use (Major changes: the contents are clarified according to the new regulation)
1. To ensure the correct use of consumers.
2. If it is necessary to mark the method of use of the product, it shall be marked on the visible surface of the sales package or in the manual attached with the product.
9. Necessary safety warning words
1. Use "Caution" or "Warning" as the lead-in.
2. Three situations in which safety warning terms must be marked according to laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules, mandatory national standards and technical specifications:
① There are requirements of warning terms and safety requirements for cosmetics limited components and permitted components;
② For cosmetics applicable to children and other special groups, relevant notes are required to be marked;
③ Other safety warning terms and precautions should be marked.
10. Other contents
Other contents that shall be marked as required by laws, administrative regulations and compulsory national standards.