What should be marked on the label?
1. The Chinese name of the product;
2. The name and address of the registrant/filer;
3. The name and address of the manufacturer;
4. The standard number of the product implementation;
5. The production license number;
6. The registration certificate number of special cosmetics;
7. Full ingredients;
8. Service life;
9. Net content;
10. Method of use;
11. Safety warning terms;
12. Other contents that should be marked in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, and mandatory national standards
What are the specific requirements of the Chinese name of the product?
The Chinese name of the product shall be prominently marked on the visible surface of the sales package, and at least one shall be marked with the guide words. Words that may make consumers ambiguous about the cosmetic efficacy, shall be explained on the visible surface of the sales package.
The words that imply certain kinds of raw materials are used as the trademark name. If such raw materials are contained in the product formula, the purpose of use shall be explained on the visible surface of the sales package. If such raw materials are not contained in the product formula, it shall be labeled on the visible surface of the sales package that such raw materials are not contained, and relevant words are only used as a trademark name.
If letters, Chinese pinyin, numbers, symbols, etc., are used in the registered trademark in the Chinese name of the product, their meaning shall be explained on the visible surface of the sales package.
What are the specific requirements of the special cosmetic registration certificate number?
Special cosmetic registration certificate number should be consistent with the number issued by the NMPA, and should be labeled on the visible surface of the sales package.
What are the specific requirements of the name and address of the registrant/filer?
Relevant information should be consistent with the Information Service Platform for Registration and Filing of Cosmetics.
If the registrant or the filer is an overseas enterprise, the name and address of the responsible person within the territory of China should be also marked.
What are the specific requirements for the name and address of the manufacturer?
Relevant information should be consistent with the Information Service Platform for Registration and Filing of Cosmetics.
What are the specific requirements of the production license number?
Domestic cosmetics should be marked with the manufacturer's production license number.
What are the specific requirements of the product implementation standard number?
The product implementation standard number of cosmetic packaging labels should be marked on the visible surface with appropriate guide words.
To facilitate the cosmetic registration and filing and product labeling, the product implementation standard number on the Information Service Platform for Registration and Filing of Cosmetics shall be consistent with the special cosmetic registration certificate number or general cosmetic filing number. A special cosmetic registration certificate number will be obtained when the product registration is completed, a general cosmetic filing number can be obtained through the filing platform for pre-setting.
If cosmetic packaging labels are marked with national standards, industry standards, or other relevant standard numbers in addition to the product implementation standard number, they should comply with relevant laws and regulations, and the content should be true, complete, and accurate.
What are the specific requirements for full ingredients labeling?
Cosmetic labels shall mark the standard Chinese names of raw materials of all cosmetic product ingredients on the visible surface of the sales package, with the guide words named as "ingredients". All ingredients shall be ranked in descending order of content in the cosmetic formulation. The ingredients that are not exceeding 0.1% (w/w) in the cosmetic formulation shall be labeled separately with "other trace ingredients" as the guide words, whose content may not rank in descending order. The extremely small amount of antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers, and other ingredients added to the raw materials in order to ensure the quality of cosmetic raw materials can be marked, or not.
If the formulation is filled out and submitted in the form of compound or mixed raw materials, the content of each ingredient in the formulation shall be used as the basis for ranking the ingredient content and judging whether it is a trace ingredient.
What are the specific requirements for net content labeling?
The net content of cosmetics should be labeled on the display surface of the sales package with the national legal unit of measurement.
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