CFDA Consults on Consolidated Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China
24 Jan 2014, CFDA has published a notice to invite public comments on a consolidated Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China (IECIC 2014). The deadline for comments is 20 Feb 2014. Compared to IECIC 2003 which only contains 3265 cosmetic ingredients, the 2014 draft IECIC contains 8641 cosmetics ingredients. CIRS encourages you to check this draft inventory immediately if you are supplying cosmetic ingredients or finished cosmetics to China.
This inventory can be accessed here.
The comparison between IECIC 2003 and IECIC 2014 Draft is listed as follows:
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Background Information
According to the hygiene supervision over cosmetics (1990), the use of new ingredient for cosmetics production must be approved first. The rules for the application of administrative licenses for cosmetics (2009) have also clearly indicated that the use of new ingredient in cosmetics in China must be licensed.
An ingredient will be regarded as “used” if it meets any one of the three following criteria:
- The ingredient is included in the Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China (IECIC 2003 or 2014 draft) and is not a banned substance; or
- The ingredient has been used in a licensed special use cosmetic product; or
- The ingredient is part of a plant that has been approved as cosmetic ingredient.
More info about registration of a new cosmetic ingredient with China SFDA can be found here.
CIRS's Comments
The increase of the number of cosmetic ingredients on IECIC is certainly good news for the industry. For a long time, the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has relied on IECIC 2003, an internally circulated list of cosmetics ingredients, in determining whether an ingredient is new. This has caused lots of trouble within the industry due to the limited number of ingredients on IECIC (2003) and the difficulty of getting a new ingredient approved. Therefore, to strengthen the safety management of cosmetic ingredients and make determination criteria more transparent, the CFDA has issued a revised version of IECIC in three batches for consultations in 2012 and has finalized two batches in 2013.
Reference
http://www.sda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0778/96295.html
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