The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), since December 2015, has been eyeing on the new Production Licenses for cosmetics (both for new products and exchange the old licenses for existing products) to continue Cosmetic manufacturing activities in the region. With the deadlines set and nearing by. what should local manufacturers be aware of? Here we let you know.
As part of the CFDA update on 15th December 2015, cosmetic manufacturers (either willing to or already manufacturing the products in China) are required to exchange old production licenses or obtain new production licenses to continue manufacturing activities in the region. Expected to replace the old system, the new cosmetics product license for china can be accessed through local FDA. The local health authority set a mandatory deadline to be complied with as 31st December 2016, failing to comply with which may prevent all the manufacturing activities going forth.
The Deadline – New Product License
Given a year to comply with, the applying process for new cosmetic product licenses in China started from 1st Jan 2016 from new manufacturers and existing manufacturers as well which is expected to continue until the year end. With that known, if you are in search of any future implications or improvements, the signs are showing yes, there are.
The Deadline – QS Label
With the new cosmetic product license, the CFDA is expected to discontinue all the requirements for displaying QS Labels on the cosmetic products’ packaging, which has been a mandatory requirement to be displayed on all the cosmetics products since 2005. QS stylization is a Chinese quality and safety mark must have to be showcased on all the packages.
From July 1st 2017 onwards, the local cosmetic manufacturers are not required to display QS label and mandated to follow the new packaging requirements. However, the products which are already packaged can be made available in the market till the expiration date after which they need to comply with new packaging requirements.
With the Chinese cosmetics manufacturing scenario set to adapt a new consolidated licensing system with improved packaging requirements, there might be some procedural challenges for end-to-end compliance which indeed calls for specialized Cosmetic Regulatory services from a local Regulatory expert.
