A Review of 2018 Supervision Updates of Cosmetics in China

Li Neng, Chen Bo

Intertek Testing Services Shanghai Ltd., China

Xu Yuxun, Liu Kuihua

Intertek Testing Services Shenzhen Ltd., China

Abstract The cosmetics regulatory agency reforms, standards and other regulatory status were introduced in detail in China in 2018. The changes of regulatory requirements and industrial standards have been summarized and analyzed to help companies further understand the updates of regulatory policies and respond to the latest changes in cosmetic regulations more smoothly.

Key words cosmetics; regulatory status; review

In 2018, Chinese cosmetic regulatory agency reformed, the former State Food and Drug Administration has not retained, the new State Administration of Market Regulation has been set up and the first Cosmetic Supervision Department was established. For a long time, there is no special regulatory agency for cosmetics. After the last institutional reform, cosmetic products were regulated with drugs by the Pharmaceutical Registration Division and the Pharmaceutical Supervision and Management Department. However, both have great the difference regarding regulatory risks and regulatory requirements. The establishment of the Cosmetics Supervision and Management Division has clarified the country's recognition and attention to the cosmetic industry and is the beginning of the standardization of cosmetics supervision and management.

In addition to institutional reforms, the non-special use imported cosmetics has been changed from the approval system to the filing system. The “Safety Technical Specifications for Cosmetics” 2015 edition is requested for public comment. It is expected that a final opinion will be issued next year. For cosmetic companies, it is necessary not only to comply with the previous regulations, but also to pay attention to whether there are new changes. Therefore, the author collected and summarized 2018 Chinese related changes of cosmetic regulatory requirements and industrial standards to help cosmetic companies to understand and master the dynamics of national cosmetics regulatory agencies, policies, industry standards and provincial requirements, and adjust themselves to meet new requirements based on new changes.

Set up the State Administration of Market Regulation and established the first Cosmetics Supervision Department in history

On March 21, 2018, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the “Deepening Party and State Institutional Reform Plan”, the part of deepening the institutional reform of the State Council proposed that the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and the State Food and Drug Administration were not retained; the State Administration of Market Regulation was set up.[1]Taking the particularity of drug supervision into account,the National Medical Products Administration has been established separately and is administered by the State Administration of Market Regulation. The main responsibility is the registration and implementation of supervision and management of drugs, cosmetics and medical devices. The market supervision is subject to hierarchical management. The drug regulatory agency is only set at the provincial level, and the supervision of drug sales and sales is uniformly undertaken by the municipal and county market supervision departments.

In September 2018, the National Medical Products Administration issued the regulations on the functional allocation, internal institutions and staffing of the National Medical Products Administration. Article 4(7) of the Regulations states that the National Medical Products Administration has a Cosmetics Supervision Department.[2]Its primary responsibilities are:organizing the implementation of cosmetics registration and filing; organizing the development and supervision of the implementation of cosmetic standards,classification rules, technical guidelines; undertaking the development of cosmetics inspection system, inspection of the development site, supervision of production site inspections according to responsibilities, investigation and handling of major illegal activities Organizational quality spot check and inspection, regular release of quality announcements; organization of adverse reaction monitoring and disposal according to law. In the future,the cosmetics industry will also have specialized regulatory agencies.

The series mentioned above of responsibilities planning, regarding the current phenomenon of the cosmetics industry, can be described as the right medicine. The establishment of the new Cosmetics Supervision Department will help to further improve the supervision system. In short, the newly established Cosmetics Supervision Department will become a sword to combat counterfeit and shoddy cosmetics.For the cosmetic enterprises, it is also a new challenge.It is not only the change of the regulatory agency,but also the safety, effectiveness, traceability and integrity of the product on the original basis.Regulators are becoming more and more professional,and companies should lay a solid foundation for subsequent flight inspections and production supervision and inspection.

implementation of the non-special use imported cosmetics filing system

On November 9, 2018, the National Medical Products Administration issued the “Announcement on the Implementation of the Administration of Non-Special Use Imported Cosmetics in the Whole Country” (No. 88 of 2018).[3]The announcement states that since November 10, 2018, for the first import of non-special use cosmetics, the current examination and approval management and the pilot project of the Pilot Free Trade Zone have been put into filing management and adjusted to the national unified filing management. The National Medical Products Administration has no longer accepted applications for non-special use imported cosmetics administrative licenses.

This announcement on the non-special use imported cosmetics filing system will change the pattern of China's cosmetics market. The implementation of filing non-special use imported cosmetics means that the application of the administrative license for nonspecial use cosmetics in the past by the National Medical Products Administration will be a history.

Before the implementation of the non-special use imported cosmetics for the whole country, the free trade zone pilot implementation of the filing system. In March 2017, Shanghai Pudong Pilot Free Trade Zone piloted the filing management. In March 2018, the former State Food and Drug Administration expanded the scope to implement the import non-special use cosmetics filing management, and further promoted and copied Shanghai Pudong. The pilot zone was up to 10 free trade pilot zones in Tianjin, Liaoning, Zhejiang,Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Chongqing,Sichuan and Shaanxi. Then, the final “Official Propaganda” was released. From November 10, 2018,the first non-special use imported cosmetics will be adjusted from the current approval management and pilot project of the Pilot Free Trade Zone to the national unified filing management. The National Medical Products Administration no longer accepts applications for non-special use imported cosmetics administrative licenses.

Generally, the process of registering imported cosmetics into China can be roughly divided into three parts: preparing the documents needed for the application; submitting the documents; waiting for approval from Beijing. It is reported that it takes about three months to submit the documents for approval in Beijing. The import of non-special use cosmetics has mainly shortened the time for the third link. Now, if submitted complete information,imported cosmetics can first be engaged in import trade. The regulatory agencies will review specific matters within three months after submitting the information. The company will accept the Chinese government's supervision afterwards.

When products imported into China after approval,if overseas cosmetics companies want to sell their products to China, they must entrust a domestic company as their responsibility reporting unit in China.Now, imported cosmetics manufacturers should entrust domestic responsible persons to log on to the “Online Service” section of the National Medical Products Administration's government website (www.nmpa.gov.cn) before the product is imported, and adopt the “Imported Non-Special Use Cosmetics Filing Management System”. The network platform, for the filing procedures, can be imported after obtaining the electronic version of the registration certificate. This means that the responsible reporter in China will cease to exist, and a new concept now is called: the domestic responsible person (also the entity unit). The difference between the two is shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Differences between reporting unit in China and domestic responsible person

The main difference between the two is that the domestic responsible person must be the importer of the brand, responsible for filing, importing, selling and security, which leads to the inability of SMEs to separate the registration of the product from the actual trade.This means two significant challenges. For the brand, it is worried that the responsible person will plagiarize or disclose brand information when submitting the brand's production, formula, process and other information to the drug regulatory department. For the responsible person, the information was required when do the new filing. Accountable for the quality and safety of products listed in China, and there is no further specific rules out flow for how to regulate the safety responsibility and brand division. This will also make some big agents more cautious about the quality of imported products.

The implementation of the non-special use imported cosmetics filing system is a big favor for foreign cosmetic companies. The time to market for imported cosmetics in China will be shortened greatly, and Chinese consumers will embrace overseas cosmetics more quickly. However, it should be noted that the new policy is only a change in the approval system. The documents that the overseas cosmetics companies should submit before have to be prepared now. Regarding the importation of non-special use cosmetics inspection reports and the domestic cosmetics enterprises entrusting the production of overseas enterprises, etc., refer to the notice on the clarification of the requirements for the implementation of the inspection report for the non-special use imported cosmetics in Pudong New Area. (Food and Drug Administration Drugs Chemical Division [2017] No.72) published by China Food and Drug Administration.

Standardize the simplification of changes to cosmetics manufacturing companies or name approvals

On March 6, 2018, the former State Food and Drug Administration issued the “Notice on Regulating the Application Documents Required to Replace the Approval Documents in the Change of the Name or Address of the Cosmetic Manufacturing Enterprise(No Change in Production Site)”[4][No. 208]). The notice clarified the change procedure and related requirements of the name or address of the cosmetic manufacturer (the production site has not changed). The announcement was officially implemented on April 1,2018 and listed the required documents (such as onetime replacement of the administrative license (filing documentation) application form, detail list, etc.), the specific requirements and precautions of the document,such as the non-special products of China and Africa are separated from the special products in the detail list(attachment 2 for details). Each page is stamped with the official seal of the application unit (which must be consistent with the application form) and arranged in the order of the product record number. If there are multiple pages in the list, please mark the page number on the footer. The administrative acceptance service hall of the State Food and Drug Administration is responsible for reviewing the application materials received and entering the certification process after the verification is correct.

This specification simplifies the change process and is a big favor for the business.

Further standardize cosmetic risk monitoring

In recent years, to strengthen the supervision of cosmetics and improve the initiative and pertinence of cosmetics supervision, the General Administration has organized the monitoring of cosmetic risks. By summing up experience and in-depth research, the General Administration of the People's Republic of China has formulated the “Working Regulations for Cosmetic Risk Monitoring”. To further standardize and strengthen the monitoring of cosmetic risks, relevant requirements were notified. For example, the Pharmacy Supervision Department of the General Administration is responsible for organizing the national cosmetics risk monitoring work and setting up the Cosmetic Risk Monitoring Secretariat; the Pharmacy Supervision Department of the General Administration has organized the establishment of a Cosmetic Risk Monitoring Working Group. The member units are responsible for collecting information on cosmetic risks, conducting cosmetic risk monitoring according to the plan, and proposing to the Secretariat to improve and strengthen sampling and monitoring.

Based on this, the follow-up National Medical Products Administration issued 21 consecutive notices of non-conformity of cosmetics. The product types mainly involved hair dyeing, sunscreen/whitening,and mask. For the unqualified products of the sampling inspection, the National Medical Products Administration shall, after verifying by the provincial food and drug administration, supervise and urge the relevant production enterprises to take timely measures such as recalls on the products that have been listed for sale, file a case investigation, and deal with them seriously according to law; the provincial Medical Products Administration ordered the relevant business units to immediately take measures such as taking offthe shelves to control risks. For products suspected of being counterfeited, it is necessary to thoroughly investigate and investigate their purchase channels,investigate and deal with violations of laws and regulations, and transfer suspected crimes to the public security organs according to law. The provincial food and drug administration shall publicly report the results of the relevant enterprises or units within 3 months from the date of issuance of the notice, and timely report and report to the National Medical Products Administration in the National Cosmetics Inspection Information System.

In addition to sampling, there are flight inspections and daily supervision and inspection. The National Medical Products Administration conducted a flight inspection of a cosmetics company in Guangzhou and found that the company's quality management system has many defects, such as organization and personnel,quality management, plant and facilities. The National Medical Products Administration has instructed the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration to order the company to suspend production and sales in accordance with the law, and seriously deal with the suspected illegal production activities. After the company has completed all the project rectification and has passed the follow-up review by the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration, it can resume production and sales.

It can be seen that the current monitoring of cosmetic risks is in full swing, and cosmetic companies should self-check and check out as soon as possible to avoid being notified or even revoking production licenses.

Request for public opinions on the Guiding Principles for the Evaluation of Cosmetic Function Claims

On January 24, 2018, in accordance with the work arrangement of the former State Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control organized the “Guidelines for the Evaluation of Cosmetic Function Claims” (draft for comments)[5], the deadline is February 5, 2018, but the final draft has not yet been released. According to the draft, in principle, in addition to the functions that can be directly identified (such as cosmetic modification,cleaning, fragrance effects, etc.), the specific efficacy claims should be evaluated accordingly, including but not limited to sunscreen, whitening, hair growth,Beauty, bodybuilding, deodorization, anti-wrinkle, acne,oil control, anti-dandruff, repair, moisturizing (exceed 2 hours). The guideline provides for evaluation subjects,method selection, evidence classification, evaluation programs, and evaluation reports for efficacy claims.

At present, in the Chinese cosmetics market, most of the products have a certain effect, but some of the claims claim that there is no sufficient basis. In addition to the sunscreen effect in China, no other cosmetic efficacy evaluation methods have been established. Based on the evaluation of the existing cosmetic efficacy,the evaluation system, the evaluation method and the evaluation analysis of the evaluation department/institution, based on the relevant regulations of Europe,America, Japan and Korea, and the publication of materials and literature materials by the industry/academic organizations, fully combine the claims of China's cosmetics efficacy. Confirm the status quo of the evaluation, draft the guiding principle (draft for comments), provide guidance for the efficacy of cosmetics to prove the evaluation work, regulate industry behavior and promote the healthy development of the industry. The general requirement is to claim that it needs to be scientific, authentic, legal and supportive evidence.

Request for public opinions on amendments to the Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics

In July 2018, to further strengthen the safety supervision of cosmetics, we will continue to revise and dynamically adjust the “Technical Specifications for Cosmetics Safety”. According to the work requirements of the National Medical Products Administration, the China Food and Drug Control Research Institute is now requesting for public comment on technical recommendations for Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics. The scope of the collection includes the revised recommendations for the components and approved components of the cosmetics forbidden in the “Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics” (2015 Edition), and the recommendations for the revision of the inspection methods.

In September 2018, in order to further improve the registration management of cosmetics, the Office of the National Medical Products Administration organized the drafting of the relevant provisions of the “Technical Specifications for Cosmetics Safety”(Annex 1, Annex 2) and the American Personal Care Products Association (The “International Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary and Handbook (16thEdition)” published by PCPC) was translated into the“International Cosmetics Standard Chinese Names Catalogue (2018 Edition) (Draft for Comment)”(Annex 3).[6]Request for public comment on the proposed revision of the Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics.

The final version of the consultation draft has not yet been submitted. However, it can be seen that, based on the new international situation,the cosmetics regulatory agencies are constantly updating and advancing with the times. The revised draft for comments includes provisions for the forbidden use of methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone in cosmetics that have been in force in the European Union. This also shows that China is also keeping pace with the EU and gradually improving its regulatory requirements.

Request for comments on cosmetic testing standards

In September 2018, according to the standard,the Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance &Flavor requested for comment on “the determination of 15 quinolone antibiotics in cosmetics, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry”, and“the determination of tranexamic acid in cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography”,“Determination of 11 kinds of azole antifungal drugs in cosmetics, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry” and other three national standards for cosmetics; the deadline is November 14, 2018.

On September 11, 2018, the National Standardization Technical Committee for Flavor and Fragrance Cosmetics was responsible for the development of GB/T 35916-2018 “Determination of 16 approved sunscreens and other 8 UV-absorbing substances in cosmetics”. The name of the substance to be tested and the English abbreviation have been revised.According to the relevant requirements of the“Regulations on the Amendment of the National Standards”, the amendment No. 1 of the standard(draft for comments) is open for public comment.The deadline is October 7, 2018.

At present, there is no final standard, and relevant companies should pay attention at any time.

National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China issued a decision on the declaration of the invalidation of the third batch of documents

According to the State Council's request for further in-depth promotion of administration according to law and speeding up the decision-making deployment and document clean-up of the government under the rule of law, the National Health Commission decided that the invalid third batch of documents are stopped to continue execution. Invalid documents include the documents whose major contents are in conflict with the provisions and spirit of the current laws and regulations, or not conducive to steady growth, or obviously not adapting to the needs of the realities,or having new regulations, or the adjustment objects have disappeared, or the work tasks have been completed, etc. For documents related to cosmetics,see details in Table 2.

The repeal of “Hygienic Standards for Cosmetics”has little effect on the industry. The “Hygienic Standards for Cosmetics” has been from the 2002 Edition and the 2007 Edition. It has served the cosmetics industry for more than ten years and finally officially ended. The new “Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics" (2015 Edition) also enteredthe stage of the cosmetics industry at the end of 2016.The quality supervision level of cosmetics products also upgraded from “hygiene” to “safety”.

Table 2. Announcement of the invalid third batch of documents (cosmetic part) [7]

Updates in Guangdong Province

Released a special rectification action plan for cosmetics safety

In February 2018, according to the results of Guangdong's cosmetics safety risk assessment, in order to properly handle the key risks of cosmetics safety and further standardize the order of cosmetics production and operation in Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration specially formulated the 2018 Guangdong Special rectification action plan for cosmetics safety”.[8]The plan mainly includes four aspects of work. First, standardizing the special rectification of the production behavior of the enterprise,focusing on rectifying the illegal and illegal behaviors of the production enterprises in the jurisdiction without registration and unauthorized modification of the approved formula; Secondly, the special rectification of the beauty salons. Focus on the sale of unregistered records, unauthorized preparation or source of nonretroactive cosmetics in the jurisdiction of the beauty salons; Thirdly, the network sales of cosmetics special rectification, focusing on the mainstream e-commerce platform sales without registration or illegal addition of banned substances cosmetics The violation of laws and regulations is rectified; Fourthly, crack down on the illegal addition of special rectification, focusing on the rectification of illegal and illegal acts of production enterprises using prohibited substances and unapproved new raw materials to produce cosmetics.

In the production process, the agency will crack down on illegal and illegal activities such as unregistered,unauthorized modification of approved formulas for the production of special-purpose cosmetics or the use of banned substances to produce cosmetics,and severely crack down on illegal sales of illegal cosmetics in the operation chain, and properly solve the current cosmetics through special rectification.The outstanding problems of safety exist, promote the awareness of production and operation enterprises to implement the main responsibility and standardize the production and operation behavior, further standardize the order of cosmetics production and operation, and effectively guarantee the quality and safety of cosmetics.Renovation of special-purpose cosmetics production enterprises such as sunscreen, hair dye, and freckle in the jurisdiction without any registered production and unauthorized alteration of the illegal production of approved formula production. Focus on verifying whether the special-purpose cosmetics produced by the production enterprises have obtained the approval documents for the special-purpose cosmetics and whether the approval documents are within the validity period, whether they have arbitrarily changed the production of the approved formula ingredients, and whether the non-conforming products notified by the regulatory authorities have implemented the rectification measures and effectively took product recall measures.

According to the results of 2017 cosmetic safety risk monitoring and evaluation, this special rectification action focuses on freckle, acne and mask cosmetics, and the offline cosmetics business market, such as mainstream business district management enterprises, centralized wholesale trading market, maternity and baby franchise stores. Focus on rectification, adopt supervised risk monitoring means to implement precision strikes, crack down on illegal additions, and ensure the quality and safety of cosmetics. Guided by the problem, the sales of the mainstream online sales platform are monitored by the Guangdong enterprises for the production of freckles, acne, masks and other popular cosmetics, and severely crack down on illegal and illegal activities such as unregistered filings and illegally added banned substances. Promote the cosmetics online sales business to regulate the operation of cosmetics. This also shows that the importance of cosmetics safety, companies should also conduct self-correction and self-examination as soon as possible to respond.

Formulate the supervision and inspection plan for cosmetics production and operation enterprises in Guangdong Province in 2018

In April 2018, in accordance with the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug administration's work requirements for strengthening post-event supervision,according to the “Guangdong Food and Drug Administration Food and Drug Supervision and Inspection Management Measures” (Guangdong Food and Drug Administration Measures [2017] No. 11) and other relevant documents And the system requirements, the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration Office has formulated the “2018 Guangdong Province cosmetics production and operation enterprises supervision and inspection plan”.[9]

The inspection plan prejudges the form of behavioral risk of the production entity and the business entity.The risk of production subject behavior includes overproduction of the enterprise, unregistered or illegal production of the product, illegal production, use of prohibited substances, microbial contamination,non-standard labeling, and non-standard production.The business entity's behavioral risk includes five business licenses. Product sources are not traceable,do not operate as required, and do not report adverse reactions. In principle, the number of inspections by the municipal bureaus for the supervision and inspection of the operating enterprises (including daily inspections,flight inspections, and business inspections in the demonstration areas) shall not be less than 100.

The Guangdong Food and Drug Administration's daily inspection of the directly regulated cosmetics manufacturing enterprises shall be in accordance with the “Guangdong Food and Drug Administration Daily Supervision and Inspection Record Form(Trial)" (Guangdong Food and Drug Administration Office [2015] No. 388, hereinafter referred to as “ The inspection items specified in the daily supervision and inspection record form are carried out for the whole project coverage inspection, focusing on the inspection of the product registration, the actual production formula of the product and the registration and filing formula, the product label identification, and the product quality traceability (mainly including raw material procurement). Acceptance, product production,inspection and sales records, etc.). The focus of the daily inspection of cosmetics business enterprises is the implementation of the quality and safety management responsibility of the wholesale market promoters,mainly including the starter's legality review of the wholesale enterprises entering the market, establishing a legality review system for the products in the market,and on-site Wholesale enterprises carry out daily inspections and records, and the organizers shall process and record illegal products operated by enterprises on the site in accordance with the regulations of the system,and establish a standardized operation management and reporting system for on-site enterprises.

The Guangdong Food and Drug Administration has supervised the establishment of non-conforming products in the supervision and sampling inspections in recent years, the notified by the regulatory authorities,the complaints reported, and the cosmetic production and management enterprises found to have problems during the risk monitoring process. Flight check. The key varieties examined are freckle, sunscreen, hair dye,acne and mask products. The flight inspection project is mainly based on the inspection items listed in the “Daily Supervision and Inspection Record Form” and the“Inspection Points for Cosmetic Production License”,focusing on whether the cosmetics manufacturing enterprises have illegal production, illegal addition and illegal labeling, and whether the production behavior conforms to the “cosmetic production”.The requirements of the license inspection point are required to evaluate the traceability management of the company's product quality by checking the raw material procurement acceptance record, production record,inspection and sales record.

The Guangdong Food and Drug Administration's focus on the flight inspection of cosmetics business enterprises is the legality of the products and the traceability of the source. The main inspection contents include whether the products to be produced have obtained the cosmetics production licenses and licenses for the production enterprises (recorded documents). Whether the product label identification and the content of the license approval (recording certificate) are consistent, whether there is illegal publicity, whether to perform the ticket claim, and the responsibility of the account management.

Continue to strengthen the special rectification of high-risk cosmetics manufacturers in the province

In order to further standardize the production quality management behavior of cosmetics manufacturers,effectively control the source risks and promote the healthy development of the industry, from August to September 2018, the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration organized the province to carry out special rectification of high-risk cosmetics manufacturers. Focus on the rectification of production enterprises involved in sampling unqualified products by the national bureau and high-risk enterprises with poor production quality system. During the special rectification, the province carried out special flight inspections for 266 high-risk cosmetics manufacturers.Among them, 188 companies were ordered to rectify within a time limit, 38 enterprises were investigated and investigated, and 144 companies had more defects.The suspension of production administrative measures has effectively cracked down on violations of laws and regulations, urged enterprises to implement the main responsibilities, and improved the level of production quality management.

In accordance with the "four most stringent"requirements, the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration will adhere to the high-pressure situation and attack hard and continue to strengthen the special rectification of high-risk production enterprises in the key areas of Guangzhou Baiyun District. Firstly, to maintain the high-pressure situation, continue to carry out provincial, municipal, and district-level joint flight inspections for high-risk enterprises. Secondly, to investigate potential risks, conduct follow-up inspections on the implementation of enterprise rectification,strengthen inspections of enterprises in the state of suspension of production and rectification, and ensure that enterprises can strictly implement rectification and pass the inspection and acceptance of the regulatory authorities before they can resume production. Thirdly,to impose strict punishments. For those enterprises that have found that there are many serious defects in management, such as illegal production, illegal addition or production quality management system, if they meet the conditions for the suspension of certificates, they should revoke the cosmetics production license from the law. Fourthly, to increase the intensity of information disclosure and timely disclose the results of enterprise inspections and disposal measures. Fifthly, to strengthen social co-governance, coordinate local governments to carry out comprehensive management and control of high-risk enterprises, and urge enterprises to implement the main responsibility.

Guangdong Province Cosmetics Safety Regulations (Request for Comments)

On February 28, 2018, the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration issued a collection of opinions, the deadline for which was March 28, 2018,and on November 5, 2018, the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee Legal Affairs Committee issued Guangdong Province Cosmetics Safety Regulations (draft),[10]the deadline is November 30, but the final version has not yet been released. The regulations include production management, operation management, supervision and management and legal responsibility.

The regulations point out that professional institutions and social organizations are encouraged to provide services such as cosmetics research and development,standard setting, test experiments, inspection and testing,certification and accreditation, training and education,and participate in the safety management of cosmetics.It also emphasizes the management responsibility of the online trading platform, and the provider of the online cosmetics trading platform should conduct real-name registration and business qualification examination for the cosmetics operators entering the platform,establish registration files and verify and update in time, and sign with the cosmetics operators entering the platform. Cosmetics Safety Management Responsibility Agreement, clarifying their respective cosmetics safety management responsibilities.

If the provider of the online cosmetics trading platform finds that the cosmetics operator entering the platform violates the provisions of these Regulations,it shall promptly stop and immediately report to the relevant department of the local county-level people's government on food and drug supervision and management; if any serious illegal act is found, it shall stop immediately to provide services.

Conclusion

The cosmetics industry experienced major changes in 2018. The first are the changes in regulatory agencies, the second is non-special use imported cosmetics from the approval system to the filing system. The full implementation of the non-special use imported cosmetics filing system in China is a big favor for imported cosmetics companies. The speed of entering China is accelerating, but it is a great challenge for domestic cosmetics companies. The change of domestic cosmetics regulatory agencies is also the need for the gradual improvement of cosmetics supervision. The supervision of online cosmetics is still lacking, and it is necessary for the regulatory agencies to follow up a series of guidelines and even regulatory levels. Therefore, domestic cosmetics companies need to have in-depth understanding and effective implementation of all aspects of cosmetics production and sales, so as to avoid the risk of unqualified products, order rectification, suspension of production, or even revocation of production licenses in the process of flight inspection, daily inspection and sampling inspection.