Cosmetics are consumer goods that meet people's demand for beauty. They directly affect the human body, and their quality is related to people's health.
In order to strengthen the supervision and management of cosmetics production and operation and ensure the safety of public use of cosmetics, the State Administration of Market Supervision recently announced the measures for the supervision and management of cosmetics production and operation on its website. The measures will be implemented from January 1, 2022.
According to the new requirements, the minimum sales unit of cosmetics shall be labeled in Chinese, and the label shall not express or imply medical effect.
The minimum sales unit of cosmetics shall be labeled in Chinese
Some consumers have found that the cosmetics they buy only have instructions and other information on the outer packaging box. Once the packaging box is thrown away, they can't even figure out how to use the cosmetics. This will not happen again in the future.
According to the provisions of the measures, the minimum sales unit of cosmetics shall have Chinese labels.
The label content shall be consistent with the sample product label in the cosmetics registration or filing materials. In addition, the matters marked on the name, composition, efficacy and other labels of cosmetics shall be true and legal, and shall not contain contents that express or imply medical effect, false or misleading, contrary to social public order and good customs and other contents in violation of laws and regulations.
Cosmetics for children shall comply with laws, regulations, mandatory national standards, technical specifications, cosmetics production quality management specifications and other requirements on the quality and safety of children's cosmetics, and shall be marked on the product label in accordance with the provisions of the State Drug Administration.
Cosmetics should not be confused with food and drugs. Cosmetics are not food, and must not be misunderstood and confused with drugs《 The measures put forward that the registrants, recorders and entrusted production enterprises of cosmetics should take measures to avoid confusion between product properties and appearance with food, drugs and other products, so as to prevent misuse and misuse.
Cosmetics should not be confused with food and drugs
Cosmetics are not food, and must not be misunderstood and confused with drugs《 The measures put forward that the registrants, recorders and entrusted production enterprises of cosmetics should take measures to avoid confusion between product properties and appearance with food, drugs and other products, so as to prevent misuse and misuse.
In the production and sale of toys and appliances for minors, precautions shall be indicated according to law, and measures shall be taken to prevent the products from being misused as children's cosmetics. Ordinary cosmetics shall not claim the efficacy related to special cosmetics. The beauty salon must display label information when using cosmetics for customers
Beauty salons must display label information
Some consumers have noticed that there are no instructions on the packaging of cosmetics such as beauty salons and hair salons provided by some barbershops or hotels.
In this regard, the merchant responded that the small packaged products provided to customers are sub packaged, so we can't see any label information. However, the measures released this time propose that the cosmetics used in the operation of beauty salons and the cosmetics provided by hotels to consumers should also comply with the provisions on the label of the minimum sales unit.
A beauty salon shall display the sales packaging of the cosmetics it operates and uses in a prominent position in its service place, so as to facilitate consumers to consult all the information on the cosmetics label, and correctly use or guide consumers to correctly use cosmetics in accordance with the requirements of the cosmetics label or instructions. If the e-commerce platform finds illegal operation of cosmetics, it should stop selling fake cosmetics online in time. Is the e-commerce platform responsible?
E-commerce platform shall stop illegal operation of cosmetics in time
Is the e-commerce platform responsible for selling fake cosmetics online?
The measures point out that the operators of cosmetics e-commerce platform shall conduct daily inspection on the business behavior of cosmetics operators in the platform, and urge cosmetics operators in the platform to perform their obligations under the cosmetics supervision and administration regulations and these measures in accordance with the law.
If any illegal operation of cosmetics is found, necessary measures such as deletion, shielding and disconnection of links shall be taken according to law or in accordance with the platform service agreement and trading rules, and reported to the drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the central government.
If the operator of cosmetics e-commerce platform receives the adverse reaction information and complaint information of cosmetics, it shall record and timely transfer it to the cosmetics operator in the platform for treatment; Major information related to product quality and safety shall be timely reported to the drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the central government where it is located. In addition, those who provide cosmetics to consumers in the form of free trial, gift and exchange shall also perform the obligations of cosmetics operators stipulated in the regulations on the supervision and administration of cosmetics and these measures according to law.
Illegal addition of substances that may endanger human health in children's cosmetics will be severely fined
The measures define some serious violations that should be severely fined. For example, using raw materials prohibited for the production of cosmetics, new raw materials that should be registered but not registered to produce children's cosmetics, or illegally adding substances that may endanger human health to children's cosmetics; Deliberately providing false information or concealing the true situation; Refuse or evade supervision and inspection; If an illegal act of the same nature is committed within one year after administrative punishment for an illegal act of cosmetics, or if an illegal act of cosmetics quality and safety is committed after criminal punishment for violating cosmetics quality and safety laws and regulations, it is defined as a serious illegal act.
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