Since the publication of the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations (CSAR, State Order No. 727) on June 29, 2020, a series of supporting regulations have also been introduced. Included among all the supporting regulations are those relating to the registration and filing of new cosmetic ingredients in China, namely the:
- Measures for the Administration of Cosmetic Registration and Filing;
- Provisions on the Administration of New Cosmetic Ingredients Registration (hereafter the Provisions); and
- Filing Data and Technical Guidelines for Cosmetics Safety Assessment.
The Provisions, implemented on May 1, 2021, clearly regulated that the registration and filing of new cosmetic ingredients must be applied via the cosmetics declaration and review system under the NMPA's official website.
In December 2021, CIRS Group assisted two companies in completing the filing of the first and second imported new cosmetic ingredients. In July 2022, CIRS Group once again assisted a company in successfully obtaining the filing number of a new cosmetic ingredient. Then in September 2022, with the help of CIRS Group, another company successfully obtained the filing number.
Since the implementation of the CSAR, a total of 34 new cosmetic ingredients have been filed. Among them, 18 are domestic new cosmetic ingredients (see Table 1 for detailed information), and 16 are imported new cosmetic ingredients (see Table 2 for detailed information).
Table 1 Filing Info of Domestic New Cosmetic Ingredients
Data Source: NMPA
Table 2 Filing info of imported new cosmetic ingredients
Data Source: NMPA
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