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Three steps for approval of imported cosmetics

        In the past ten years, our company has a full understanding of the declaration and policies and regulations in the field of cosmetics。The company has a long-term and good cooperative relationship with the Ministry of Health, the National Food and Drug Administration, the National General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and other relevant departments and inspection agencies。With a group of senior experts in this field of professional staff team, relying on the general social resources, smooth service channels, and the deepening understanding of relevant policies and regulations, declaration process, has now stopped the general deepening of cooperation with many well-known enterprises at home and abroad。The company strives to provide detailed and thoughtful consulting services for outstanding enterprises at home and abroad, and provide a good service platform for more excellent products to enter the Chinese market。
 
 
The first part of the three steps for the approval of imported cosmetics is |

First, preliminary understanding
 
        In China, there are strict laws and regulations for imported cosmetics, any imported cosmetics must be approved by the China National Food and Drug Administration before entering the Chinese market, as long as the imported cosmetics can be sold in the Chinese market after obtaining the approval through the legal declaration way。
 
        Q: What is the primary task of importing cosmetics to China?
 
        A: Apply to the National Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) for cosmetics approval, otherwise the product can not be cleared, let alone sold。
 
        问:Whether the imported cosmetics must go to Beijing to apply for approval?
 
        Answer: The answer is yes, all imported products to the National Food and Drug Administration to apply for approval, the central government has no approval authority, cosmetics declaration consultation。

The registration of imported cosmetics for filing documents touches those government agencies?
 
        1. Acceptance Office;2, testing institutions;3. Review Committee;4. Administrative examination and approval department。
 
        1).The acceptance office is mainly responsible for reviewing the registration and declaration of imported cosmetics, and accepting the registration and declaration materials of imported cosmetics that meet the requirements of regulations;And participate in the review meeting of layout;Notify the applicant of the evaluation opinions;Report the product to be approved to the Ministry of Health;Certificate issuance。Detailed for the Health Surveillance Centre of the Ministry of Health。
 
        2).The testing institution is mainly responsible for stopping the technical inspection of the products to be registered and declared, and issuing the inspection report of the conformity request。
 
        3).Evaluation committee: shall be responsible for the technical review of the products declared for import cosmetics。A panel of experts from toxicology, dermatology, cosmetic technology, chemical testing and other fields participated in the technical review。
 
        4).The administrative examination and approval department: stop further examination of the products that have passed the technical review of the review committee, and report or approve them if they conform to the rules of various relevant laws and regulations. The approved products will be issued with the cosmetics approval number。
 
The second part of the three steps for the approval of imported cosmetics |
 
1. Cosmetics and their classification
 
        1.Non-special cosmetics
 
        (1) Distribute supplies。Common hair products, including hair oil, hair wax, hair lotion, hair lotion, etc.;Hair products that are easy to touch the eyes: including hair shampoo, hair conditioner, hair spray, temporary spray hair color (non-dye type), etc。
 
        Skin care product。General skin care products, including skin care cream, skin care lotion, skin care oil, skin care makeup, refreshing, bathing, etc.;Skin care products that are easy to touch the eyes, including eye skin care, facial mask and facial wash。
 
        (3) Makeup products。Ordinary makeup products, including foundation, powder, rouge, body makeup;Eye makeup products, including eyebrow tracing, eye shadow, eyelid, eyelash, eye makeup remover, etc.;Lip and lip makeup products, including lip balm, lip gloss oil, tinted lip balm, lip liner, etc。
 
        (4) Finger (toe) nail supplies。Including repair, painting, cleaning and bleaching。
 
        (5) Aromatic products。Including perfume, cologne, toilet water。
 
        2.Special cosmetics
 
        (1) Sunscreen, tanning cosmetics: the main products are day cream, sunscreen, sunscreen lotion, lotion, cream, stick sunscreen and other
 
        (2) The main products of freckle removal are: freckle whitening dew, freckle removal cream (Rodi), freckle removal honey, freckle removal cream, etc
 
        (3) Deodorant products are water, powder, cream emulsion, stick, mousse and so on
 
        (4) Hair care: anti-stripping shampoo, anti-stripping shampoo, anti-stripping shampoo
 
        (5) Hair color: hair color cream, hair treatment cream, hair color shampoo
 
        (6) Whitening: whitening essence liquid, whitening cream, whitening milk
 
        (7) Beauty cream: beauty cream
 
        Pay attention here,Toothpaste, mouthwash,精油,Soap and other products are also classified into the ranks of costume exercise,However, at present, there is no need for cosmetics approval for such products,However, in the near future, the state may classify these products as required for cosmetics approval,The relevant departments have made an application and are reviewing it,The detailed implementation time of the state has not issued an official announcement document。
 
2. Cosmetic products requiring SFDA approval
 
        First explain the SFDA, it is STATEFOODANDDRUGADMINISTRATIOND shorthand, monitor refers to the state food and drug administration。Before September 1, 2008, all imported cosmetics were approved by the National Ministry of Health, and changed to the National Food and Drug Administration for approval after September 1, 2008。一切中国大陆境外消费的化装品进口中国前都必需由国度食品药品监视管理局(SFDA)审批。
 
Iii. SFDA approval procedures
 
        In the first article, I mentioned that cosmetics are classified into ordinary and special categories, both of which are fundamentally the same in the SFDA declaration procedure, but special cosmetics need to be stopped by the review committee after SFDA acceptance。
 
        The application procedure of ordinary imported cosmetics is to sort out the application information, sample inspection, application for record, data review, and issuance of record vouchers.The application procedure for special imported cosmetics is to sort out the application information, sample inspection, application for registration, data review, registration approval and other procedures。
 
4. Inspection of declared samples of cosmetics
 
        Cosmetics should generally stop microbial testing, sanitary chemical testing, toxicological safety tests, human safety and functional tests。The inspection time is generally 2-4 months, and some special functional cosmetics are slightly longer because they have to do human experiments。Let me explain the tests in detail below:
 
        1, microbiology test: including the total number of colonies, fecal coliform, staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, mold and yeast test items;
 
        2. Hygienic chemical test: including detection of hygienic chemical indicators such as mercury, lead and arsenic, detection of contents of prohibited or restricted substances such as canard, nitrogen mustard, thioglycolic acid, sex hormones and formaldehyde, and other tests such as pH value;
 
        3, toxicology experiments: ordinary cosmetics need to do experiments including acute skin irritation experiment, acute eye irritation experiment, repeated skin irritation experiment;Special use cosmetics in addition to the above three experiments,It also includes skin allergic reaction experiment, skin phototoxicity experiment, back mutation experiment and in vitro mammalian cell chromosome aberration experiment.The detailed experiment depends on the actual product。
 
        4. Evaluation of human safety and effectiveness of special use cosmetics: including human patch experiment, human trial experiment, SPF value measurement, PA value measurement, waterproof performance measurement, etc。
 
Five, SFDA cosmetics review will review the number of times per year
 
        Non-special imported cosmetics demand after the review office of the CPIC review office, subject to submission of information at any time, there are weekly reviews。The review of special imported cosmetics is only held once a month, each time lasting about a week, usually in the last week of the end of the month。
 
Six, the import of cosmetics declaration need to submit information
 
        First of all, I will talk about the application for the record of non-special use of imported cosmetics, the materials required to submit are
 
        (1) Application form for the record of import of non-special use cosmetics;
 
        (2) the declared formula of imported cosmetics;
 
        (3) production quality and quantity specifications;
 
        (4) Inspection reports and related materials issued by inspection institutions recognized by the Ministry of Health;
 
        (5) Original product packaging (including product label)。To design packaging for the Chinese market, product design packaging (including product labels) should be provided at the same time;
 
        (f) the product in the consumer country (region) or country of origin (region) permitted consumption and sales documents;
 
        (7) Letter of commitment on issues related to mad cow disease;
 
        (8) agent declaration, shall provide a proxy certificate;
 
        (9) Other materials that may contribute to the evaluation。
 
        An unopened sample is also attached。General import cosmetics declaration request enterprises to submit an original declaration of information。
 
7, Apply for special use import cosmetics sanitary approval, should submit the following information:
 
        (1) Special useImported cosmeticsApplication form for approval by the public health administration;
 
        (2) Product formula;
 
        (C) apply for hair, fitness, beauty products, should submit the effective ingredients and application basis;
 
        (4) Description and sketch of consumption technology;
 
        (5) production quality and quantity specifications;
 
        (6) Inspection reports and related materials issued by legitimate inspection institutions recognized by the Ministry of Health;
 
        (7) Original product packaging (including product label)。To design packaging for the Chinese market, product design packaging (including product labels) should be provided at the same time;
 
        (8) Documents certifying that the products are allowed to be consumed and sold in the consumer country (region) or country of origin (region);
 
        (9) Letter of commitment on issues related to mad cow disease;
 
        (10) agent declaration, shall provide a proxy certificate;
 
        (11) Other materials that may contribute to the evaluation。
 
        An unopened sample is also attached。Special imported cosmeticsThe application requests the enterprise to submit one original and four copies of the application materials。

The third part of the three steps for the approval of imported cosmetics is |

First, the follow-up process of obtaining cosmetics import license approval:
 
        1.Obtain cosmetics import license approval, which should be handled in Beijing Food Supervision and Administration Bureau。
 
        2.Obtain the record of the consignee's cosmetics in the local inspection and quarantine bureau。

        3.Obtain the Chinese label for record at the entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau at the port of import。

        4.Prepare data for inspection and obtain customs clearance, and then declare。

        5.After customs declaration through the tax paid at the commodity inspection Bureau CIQ can be sold on the shelves。
 
 

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