China consults on draft Cosmetic Safety and Techinical Standards

On 2^nd Sep. 2022, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control of China (NIFDC) published a notification calling for public and indutry opinions on draft new China Cosmetic Safety and Techinical Standards (CSTS) which was made in 2022. 

The current CSTS was in force since 2015. In 2021, the new Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation (CASR) was published. To keep cosmetic standards in line with the latest regulation requirements and the overarching aim of cosmetic regulation, CSTS (2015 version) was modified. The main modifications are the followings: 

• List of limited cosmetic raw ingredients 

Based on the list of forbidden cosmetic raw ingredient, the definition of certain terms in list of limited ingredient and scope of list of limited ingredients have been modified in accordance with CSAR (2021). 

• List of allowed raw ingredients 

Adding Lauroyl arginine ethyl ester hydrochloride as allowed ingredients and deleting Mercury-containing preservatives from this list. 

• Test 

12 new test methods have been added, among which eight of them are toxicological tests and four of them are physical chemical tests. In addition, there 15 physical chemical tests have been modified and two toxicological tests have been modified. 

For more information relating to China cosmetic compliance activities, please contact GPC at compliance@gpcregulatory.cn.