Frequently Asked Questions and Management of Cosmetics (5)

In order to further standardize the supervision and management of cosmetics and protect consumers' legitimate rights and interests, the Cosmetics Supervision Department of the State Drug Administration has compiled related issues such as cosmetics labels that the industry is more concerned about, and answered in accordance with my country's existing cosmetics regulations and related technical specifications: one by one:

Q: Why do cosmetics sold in my country must have Chinese labels? What are the specific requirements of the text used in Chinese labels?

Answer: Cosmetics labels are the main ways to identify the basic information, attribute characteristics and security warnings of the product, which is a key factor for consumers to buy products. In order to ensure consumers' right to know and choose, it is convenient for consumers to correctly use cosmetics and know related precautions. Cosmetics that are required to be listed in China must have a Chinese label. The Chinese label of cosmetics shall be used to specify Chinese characters. If the Chinese label uses other characters or symbols other than Chinese characters, it shall explain and explain the use of norms in the same visual noodles of the product. Except using other text. The registered trademark in the Chinese name of the product uses letters, Chinese pinyin, numbers, symbols, etc., shall be explained to the same visibility. In addition to the registered trademark, the number of other text fonts on the same visual surface of the Chinese label shall be less than or equal to the corresponding regulatory Chinese font size. If a Chinese label is posted on the original foreign language packaging, the labeling of the Chinese label shall meet the above requirements.

Question: Why do cosmetics labels label the relevant information of the registrant, the recorder, the responsible person in the domestic, and the production enterprise?

Answer: According to the "Regulations", the registrant and the recorder should be an enterprise or other organizations established in accordance with the law, not a natural person. Cosmetics registered persons and recorders can produce cosmetics by themselves or entrust other companies to produce cosmetics. If the registered person and the recorder is an overseas enterprise, the corporate legal person in my country should be designated as the responsible person at home to assist the registered and the recorder to bear the product quality and safety responsibility. The registered person and the recorder claim to be responsible for the quality safety and efficacy of cosmetics, and other responsible subjects participating in product production and operation, as actual manufacturers and retailers, are responsible for product quality and safety within their respective responsibilities. Cosmetics are health -related products. In order to maintain the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, it is convenient for consumers to accurately obtain the main responsible subject of the product in the process of product use. The name and address of the responsible person. At the same time, considering that the same registered person and the recorder may entrust different production enterprises to produce products, and the products produced by different manufacturers may be different in terms of quality and safety. Therefore, the regulations also stipulate that the product label should be marked ,address.

Cosmetics registered people, recorders, domestic responsible persons, and trustee production enterprises are the main body of production responsibility clearly stipulated in the regulations. In addition, other concepts, terms, and expressions related to product producers, including "producer", "produced", "brand authorization", etc., because the regulations are not clearly defined, the meaning of the words itself is relatively vague. The understanding of the words is not consistent. Similar to the company's or organization information, it will cause consumers to misunderstand the product producer and responsible subject. Similar labeling. In the same way, other trademarks other than trademark names in the product name on the product label lead to misunderstandings that consumers have misunderstood cosmetics producers and responsible subjects, and they are all label labeling behaviors that should be prohibited.

Question: Should the ingredients such as antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers, etc. added to cosmetics raw materials should be marked on the product label?

Answer: The ingredient information of cosmetics is of great significance for consumers to purchase cosmetics that meet their own needs. Some ingredients may cause allergies of some consumers. By viewing the full composition information of the product, it can help consumers avoid known allergens. Essence In order to ensure the right to consumers, the Measures stipulate that the Chinese name of the raw material standards of all components of cosmetics on the product label should be led by "ingredients" as guidance, and the order of the content of the product formula in the product formula is listed.

Cosmetic ingredients refer to ingredients that are added to the product formula during the production process and play a certain role in the final product. In order to ensure the quality of cosmetics, the extremely trace antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers are added to the raw materials For the ingredients, although the product formula is filled in the form of the raw material when applying for registration or filing, it is not a cosmetic component, and it can be labeled without the product label; For the ingredients, companies can also label on the product label. In short, in order to ensure the quality of cosmetics raw materials, the extremely small amount of antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers and other ingredients added to the raw materials can be marked or not marked.

Q: How to correctly mark the standard number of the product execution?

Answer: According to the "Regulations" and "Measures", the cosmetics label shall be marked with the standard number of the product execution. The standard number of cosmetics labeling products is required to guide the cosmetics industry to promote the "one product and one label" and use standard management methods to promote the improvement of product quality. When applying for product registration or product filing of cosmetics registered persons, they shall prepare and submit the "product execution standards" related information in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Measures for Cosmetics Registration and Recording the Management of Cosmetics" and "Administrative Measures for Cosmetics Registration and Receipt." In order to facilitate the registration of cosmetics registors to handle registration filing and product labeling, the cosmetics registration and filing platform sets the standard number of the product execution to the special cosmetics registration certificate number or the general cosmetics filing number. The special cosmetics registration certificate number is obtained when the product is registered, and the general cosmetics filing number can be obtained by presets through the filing platform. Cosmetics registrars shall be in accordance with the "Measures", the standard number of the correct product execution is labeled in the product label. If you need to marked the national standard, industry standards or other relevant standard numbers outside the product labeling of the product label, it shall meet the requirements of relevant laws and regulations, and the content shall be true, complete, and accurate.

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