Recently, the State Food and Drug Administration revised the "Hygienic Standards for Cosmetics (2007 Edition)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Hygienic Standards") and renamed it as the "Technical Safety Standards for Cosmetics" (hereinafter referred to as the "Technical Standards"). In the new version of the technical specifications, lower levels of impurities in cosmetics, higher requirements for children's cosmetics, and the addition of over a hundred prohibited substances all indicate a trend towards stricter regulation.

Improved adaptability and operability

The new version of the "Technical Specifications" is based on the old version of the "Health Specifications", combined with recent requirements and changes in international and domestic cosmetics safety supervision, and written with reference to relevant normative documents. The overall revision goal is to supplement and improve the content based on the Health Standards, and further enhance the adaptability and operability of the Technical Standards. In terms of structural framework, the Technical Specifications have mainly improved the name and structural framework of the original Health Regulations. However, although oral care products are included in the definition of cosmetics, due to the immature technical requirements and inspection evaluation methods related to oral care products, they have not yet been included in the relevant content of oral care products, and the relevant technical requirements will be formulated separately.

The adjustments in terms of content mainly involve the following aspects. Firstly, the scope of application and the terminology and definitions related to cosmetics have been adjusted to be consistent with the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics" (draft for comments), refining the general requirements for cosmetic safety technology and adjusting the limit requirements for some harmful substances. Secondly, the appendix has revised the physical and chemical testing methods, microbiological testing methods, toxicology testing methods, and human safety and efficacy evaluation testing methods for prohibited and restricted substances in cosmetics.

Adjusting banned and restricted substances is the biggest highlight

 

The biggest highlight of comparing the new version of technical specifications with the old version of hygiene regulations is the modification of prohibited and restricted substances. The number of prohibited components increased by 88 to 1288, and the number of prohibited plant (animal) components increased by 20 to 98; The number of restricted preservatives has been reduced from 56 to 51; Reduce the use of hair dye by 18 to 75 types. In addition, 26 other restricted components were reduced.

 

The residue limits for lead and arsenic in restricted substances have been adjusted from the current 40mg and 10mg to 10mg and 2mg, respectively; 'Hao' and 'dioxane' have been added as harmful substances, with maximum limits of 5mgkg and 30mg, respectively; At the same time, asbestos is no longer allowed to appear in cosmetics, and preservatives such as Urotropin, Methyldibromopentanonitrile, Chloroacetamide, Polyquaternium-15, and Sodium Iodate have been removed from the restricted list.

In addition, the new "Technical Specifications" also impose strict restrictions on the use of preservatives in products for infants and young children under the age of three. In the scope and limitations of the use of restricted preservatives such as iodopropynyl alcohol butyl carbamate, salicylic acid and its salts, and silver chloride deposited on titanium dioxide, it is clearly stated that they should not be used for products intended for children under the age of three