Department of Drug and Cosmetics Registration of China Food and Drug Administration published S,Y,J,Y.H.G.B.H. (2015) No. 876 to ask for comments on Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics. The consultation period ends on 1 September 2015.

The current Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics (2007) is prepared based on EU 76/768/EEC and its contents before 21 November 2005. Department of Drug and Cosmetics Registration of China Food and Drug Administration proposes Technical Safety Standard for Cosmetics (draft) by combining regulatory requirements and changes in international and domestic cosmetics.

Oral care products are categorized in cosmetics by definition in the light of changes to regulatory scope. However, the draft doesn’t include contents for oral care products as no mature technical requirements and testing methods are available.

The main adjustments are as the following:
1) Amending and improving definitions and terms, specifying general requirements for technical safety of cosmetics and adjusting limits for part of hazardous substances;
2) Adding more contents for technical guidance, such as annexes, which amend schedules for restricted substances in cosmetics;
3) Revising physicochemical testing methods: deleting the contents beyond the scope such as chemical inspection methods for strontium and total fluoride, adding testing methods for restricted substances in 50 cosmetics published by China, adjusting expressions for applicable scope for the methods, and rectifying the errors in the standard;
4) Summarizing testing methods for microorganism and toxicology; and
5) Revising testing methods for human safety and ergonomics assessment: adding applicable scope for testing methods on trial of body safety, and adding preparation methods for commodities with high SPF(P2 and P3) in human ergonomics SPF assessment according to ISO 24444 and ISO 24442.

The amendment further improves regulation system for Technical Safety Standard of Cosmetics and enhances its adaptability and operability to meet the needs for cosmetics regulation.