Annual summary of China's cosmetics industry policies for 2021

The State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on launching a special action for cosmetics "Online net and offline cleanup", and decided to conduct a comprehensive self-examination and centralized rectification of prominent problems in online cosmetics sales from October 2021 to October 2022, and clean up and rectify them Unregistered or undocumented cosmetics that are declared illegally on the label, and that have quality and safety risks.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in September, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 3683.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%; an increase of 7.8% over September 2019, and the two-year average growth rate was 3.8%. Excluding price factors, the total retail sales of consumer goods in September actually increased by 2.5% year-on-year. From a month-on-month perspective, the total retail sales of consumer goods in September increased by 0.3%.

The State Food and Drug Administration issued "Food Grade Cosmetics Are Misleading to Consumers", which stated: Children’s cosmetics labels must not be marked with words such as “food grade”, “edible” or food-related patterns, and there is no “food grade”. The safety of cosmetics has nothing to do with "edible", and there is a safety risk in eating cosmetics by mistake.

The State Food and Drug Administration issued the "Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in the Inspection and Disposal of Substandard Products under National Cosmetic Supervision and Sampling Inspection", which clarified: 1. Strengthen the on-site investigation and evidence collection of substandard products; 2. Strengthen the traceability of substandard products; 3. Increase the penalties for the producers and operators of substandard products in accordance with the law; 4. Report the verification and disposal information in a timely and standardized manner.

The State Administration for Market Regulation issued an announcement on the "Guidelines for the Enforcement of Medical Aesthetics Advertising". It is proposed that medical cosmetology advertisements are medical advertisements, and advertisers must obtain medical institution practice licenses in accordance with the law to publish or commission medical cosmetology advertisements. Advertisers publishing medical cosmetology advertisements must obtain the "Medical Advertisement Review Certificate" in accordance with the law; advertising operators and advertisement publishers must verify the "Medical Advertisement Review Certificate" in accordance with the law and publish strictly according to the approved content. .

The website of the State Food and Drug Administration released the article "FAQs on Cosmetics Production and Operation (1)". In the article, in the implementation of the "Cosmetics Production and Operation Supervision and Administration Measures," the person in charge of quality and safety, labeling the production process, and directly engaged in cosmetic production activities Relevant questions about personnel, product sales record system, beauty salons/hotels, etc. were answered one by one.

The China Food and Drug Control and Research Center publicly solicits opinions on the content adjustment opinions of the "Catalogue of Medical Devices" (hereinafter referred to as the catalog). Among them, the newly added "sodium hyaluronate solution for injection" is managed as a third-class medical device.

The State Food and Drug Administration issued an article on "Answers to the Management Policy for the Registration and Recordation of New Cosmetic Ingredients", regarding which materials are managed in accordance with the new cosmetic materials, which conditions the materials are not classified as new cosmetic materials, and how to correctly understand the registration of new cosmetic materials, and the new materials are completed After the registration and filing, the registrant and filing person of the new cosmetics raw materials should answer questions such as what obligations should be fulfilled one by one.

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the total retail sales of consumer goods in October was 4,045.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%; from January to October, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 3,5851.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.9%. The total retail sales of cosmetics in October was 31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%; from January to October, the total retail sales of cosmetics was 309.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.7%.

The State Food and Drug Administration announced the second batch of National Cosmetic Adverse Reaction Monitoring and Evaluation Bases. 17 institutions including the Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine were selected as the second batch of national cosmetic adverse reaction monitoring and evaluation bases.

The State Food and Drug Administration website issued the "Announcement of the State Food and Drug Administration on Matters Concerning the Implementation of the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Production and Operation of Cosmetics". It is reported that the "Administrative Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics Production and Operation" will come into effect on January 1, 2022. In order to ensure the quality and safety of cosmetics and promote the healthy development of the cosmetics industry, the announcement emphasizes the relevant issues concerning cosmetics production licensing, cosmetics production management, and cosmetics business management. matter.

Announcement of the State Food and Drug Administration on the issuance of the logo of children's cosmetics. The announcement officially released the children’s cosmetics logo "Little Golden Shield". It is also stipulated that starting from May 1, 2022, children’s cosmetics applying for registration or filing must be marked with this mark on the upper left of the display surface (hereinafter referred to as the main display page) where the sales package is easy to be observed. Update product labels on schedule.

The Comprehensive Department of the State Food and Drug Administration issued a reply on issues related to the qualitative identification of products labeled "Children's Color Cosmetics". It is mentioned that if the product label, manual, appearance, etc. show that the product meets the definition of cosmetics, whether it is sold separately or together with other products such as toys, the product is a cosmetic and should be managed in accordance with the law.

The State Food and Drug Administration issued a risk reminder for the consumption of injectable medical beauty medical devices, stating that injection needles are traumatic and invasive. Misoperation or irregularities will cause certain harm. According to the State Food and Drug Administration, my country’s approved marketing of cross-linked sodium hyaluronate gel for injection, collagen implants and other plastic injection fillers for medical devices need to be injected through medical devices such as injection needles during use. The dermis or subcutaneous tissue. Injection needles used in conjunction with plastic injection and filler medical devices should also obtain a medical device registration certificate in my country. According to relevant regulations, relevant injections must be performed in a qualified cosmetic medical institution by a practicing physician with working experience in relevant clinical disciplines, and used in strict accordance with the medical device instructions.