Measures for Cosmetic Label Management

Cosmetic Label Management Measures

Article 1 is to strengthen the supervision and management of cosmetic labels, standardize the use of cosmetic labels, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. According to the "Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations" and other relevant laws and regulations stipulate and formulate these measures.

Article 2: These Measures shall apply to the label management of cosmetics produced and operated within the territory of the People’s Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China.

Article 3 The term "cosmetic labels" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the words, symbols, numbers, patterns and other marks on the product sales package used to identify and describe the basic information, attributes and safety warnings of the product, as well as the accompanying labels. Packaging containers, boxes and instructions with identification information.

Article 4: Cosmetic registrants and filing persons are responsible for the legality, authenticity, completeness, accuracy and consistency of cosmetic labels.

Article 5: The minimum sales unit of cosmetics should have a label. Labels should comply with relevant laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules, mandatory national standards and technical specifications. Label content should be legal, authentic, complete, accurate, and consistent with the relevant content of product registration or filing.

Cosmetic labels should be clear, durable, easy to identify and read, and should not have signs of falling off or weak affixing.

Article 6: Cosmetics should have Chinese labels. Chinese labels should use standardized Chinese characters. If other words or symbols are used, the corresponding explanations of standardized Chinese characters should be used on the visible side of the product sales package, except for website addresses, names and addresses of overseas companies, and conventional professional terms, which must use other characters.

If a Chinese label is affixed, the content of the Chinese label regarding product safety and efficacy claims should be consistent with the relevant content of the original label.

Except for registered trademarks, the font size of other text fonts on the same visible surface of the Chinese label should be smaller than or equal to the font size of the corresponding standard Chinese character font.

Article 7 Chinese labels for cosmetics should at least include the following:

(1) Chinese name of the product and special cosmetics registration certificate number;

(2) Registration The name and address of the holder or filing person. If the registrant or filing person is an overseas enterprise, the name and address of the domestic responsible person shall also be indicated;

(3) The name and address of the production enterprise, domestic cosmetics shall be marked at the same time Mark the production license number of the manufacturer;

(4) Standard number for product implementation;

(5) Full ingredients;

(6) Net content;

(7) Period of use;

(8) Instructions for use;

(9) Necessary safety warnings;

( 10) Other contents that should be marked according to laws, administrative regulations and mandatory national standards.

For products with packaging boxes, the Chinese name and use period of the product should also be marked on the packaging container that is in direct contact with the contents.

Article 8 The Chinese name of a cosmetic product generally consists of three parts: the trademark name, the common name and the attribute name. Conventional and customary names of cosmetics can omit the common name or the attribute name. The trademark name, common name and attribute name should be Comply with the following requirements:

(1) In addition to complying with the relevant national laws and regulations on trademarks, the use of trademark names should also comply with the relevant national laws and regulations on cosmetics management. Do not use trademark names to claim medical effects or effects that the product does not have. Use words that imply the inclusion of certain types of raw materials as trade names

If the product formula contains such raw materials, the purpose of use should be explained on the visible face of the sales package; the product formula does not contain such raw materials , it should be clearly marked on the visible side of the sales package that the product does not contain such raw materials, and the relevant terms are only used as trademark names.

(2) The common name should be accurate and objective, and can be words that indicate the raw materials of the product or describe the purpose, use part, etc. of the product. The use of specific raw material names or words indicating the category of raw materials should be consistent with the product formula ingredients, and the efficacy of the raw materials in the product should be consistent with the product efficacy claims.

If the names of animals, plants or minerals are used to describe the fragrance, color or shape of the product, the formula does not need to contain this raw material. When naming, the name of animals, plants or minerals can be used to add the fragrance, color or shape of the product. The form can also be specified after the attribute name.

(3) The attribute name should indicate the true physical properties or form of the product.

(4) When the trademark names, common names, and attribute names of different products are the same, other content that needs to be marked should be indicated after the attribute name, including color or color number, sun protection index, smell, and application. Hair type, skin type or specific groups of people, etc.

(5) If a trademark name, common name or attribute name meets the above requirements of this article when used alone, but when used in combination may cause confusion among consumers about the efficacy of the product, an explanation shall be provided on the visible side of the sales package. .

Article 9 The Chinese name of the product shall be marked in a prominent position on the visible surface of the sales package, and at least one place shall be introduced with a guide.

Chinese names of cosmetics must not use letters, Chinese pinyin, numbers, symbols, etc. for naming, registered trademarks, indicating sun protection index, color numbers, serial numbers, or other things that must use letters, Chinese pinyin, numbers, symbols, etc. Except. If the registered trademark in the Chinese name of the product uses letters, Chinese pinyin, numbers, symbols, etc., its meaning shall be explained on the visible face of the product sales package.

The special cosmetics registration certificate number should be the registration certificate number issued by the State Food and Drug Administration, and should be marked on the visible side of the sales package.

Article 10 The name, address and other relevant information of the cosmetics registrant, filing person, domestic responsible person and production enterprise shall be marked on the visible side of the product sales package in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) The name and address of the registrant, filing person, domestic responsible person and production enterprise shall be marked with the name and address of the enterprise stated in the product registration certificate or filing information, and shall be introduced with corresponding guiding words.

(2) When the cosmetics registrant or filing person is the same as the manufacturing company, "registrant/manufacturing company" or "filing person/manufacturing company" can be used as the guide to simplify the labeling.

(3) The name and address of the production enterprise shall be marked with the name and address of the production enterprise that completed the last process of contacting the contents. If the registrant or filing party entrusts multiple production companies to complete the final process of contacting the contents at the same time, the name and address of each entrusted production company can be marked at the same time, and the specific production company of the product can be specified through a code or other means.

(4) If the production enterprise is within the territory of China, the cosmetics production license number should also be marked after the enterprise name and address, and should be introduced with corresponding guidance.