labeling requirements cosmetics regulations

1. LABELING
REQUIREMENTS FOR
COSMETICS
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2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
Definition of Labeling
Labeling Requirements - Salient
Features
Small /Odd Size Packs
Relabeling
Scope
Company’s Responsibilities :
Premise
Personnel
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Process

3. OTHER RELEVANT LAWS
Price Control Act
Trade Description Act
Weight and Measures Act
Metrication Guidelines
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4. LABELING - OBJECTIVE
To provide information for the
consumers to make an
informed choice
AND
To assist the regulators in
carrying out surveillance
activities
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5. LABELING MEANS...
...information
written; printed; or graphic
matter on the immediate or
outer packaging and any
form of leaflet.
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6. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
Product name and its function*
Name of Cosmetic Product
The name given to a cosmetic product, which
may be an invented name, together with a trade
mark or the name of the manufacturer.
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7. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
Use instruction*
* unless it is clear from the presentation of the
product.
Country of manufacture
Example:
Made in China
Manufactured in USA
Country of origin: Thailand
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8. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
The name and address of the company or
person responsible for placing the product on
the local market.
The contents given by weight or volume
- metric or both metric and imperial unit
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9. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
Manufacturing date OR expiry date
Example:
Month/year
Year/month
Registration number
Batch number
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10. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
Special precautions to be observed in
use.
- mandatory*
- manufacturer’s recommendation
Note:
Mandatory - Listed in the column “Conditions of
use and warnings which must be printed on the
label” in Annex III Part 1.
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11. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT(S)
Mandatory
Declaration of ingredients from bovine and/or
porcine origin.
Example :
This product contains ingredient
of pork origin / beef origin.
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12. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
Full ingredients listing
Standard reference for nomenclature
Botanicals and plant extracts
genus and species
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13. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
A Quick Guide on 'HOW TO List the Ingredients'
 List all ingredients in descending order of
concentration.
 Ingredients with a concentration below 1% can be
listed at random, after other ingredients.
 Colorants may be listed in any order, after all the
other ingredients.
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14. INGREDIENT LABELING
EXAMPLE
Aqua, Cyclomethicone, Mica, Polybutene,
Triisostearin, Quarternium-18 Hectorite,
Polymethylmethacrylate, Persea Gratissima,
Cera Alba, Propylene, Carbonate,
Methylparaben, Phenoxyethanol,
Propylparaben, Lecithin, BHT, Parfum,
[+/- CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, CI 77891]
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15. NOT REGARDED AS INGREDIENTS…
impurities in the raw materials used.
subsidiary technical materials used in the
preparation but not present in the final
product.
materials used in strictly necessary quantity as
solvents, or as carriers for perfume and
aromatic compositions.
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16. LIST OF STANDARD REFERENCE FOR
COSMETIC INGREDIENT NOMENCLATURE
1 International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary
2 British Pharmacopoeia
3 United States Pharmacopoeia
4 Chemical Abstract Services
5 Japanese Standard Cosmetic Ingredient
6 Japanese Cosmetic Ingredient Codex
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17. SMALL / ODD SIZE PACKAGING
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18. SMALL / ODD SIZE PACKAGING
Minimum requirements on immediate
packaging
name of cosmetic product
batch number
Other information
Display on leaflets, pamphlets,
hang tags, display panel,
shrink wraps, etc.
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19. DEFINITIONS
Immediate Packaging
The container or other form of packaging
immediately in contact with the cosmetic
product.
Outer Packaging
The packaging into which is placed the
immediate packaging.
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20. LANGUAGE, WHERE, HOW?
All required particulars shall appear in
English and/or National Language.
Price Control Act requirements
Easily legible, clearly comprehensible
and indelible
On outer packaging, or where there is no
outer packaging, on the immediate
packaging.
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21. Mfg / Expiry
Date
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22. RELABELING : GUIDELINES
SCOPE
RELABELING - Involves
removal,
alteration,
replacement or
overstickering
of original label without opening of the
immediate packaging or tampering with the
contents.
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23. COMPANY’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Premise/ Re-labeling Area
Must be of reasonable size.
Must be clean and free from any pests.
Personnel
Trained and able to conduct re-labeling
exercise as directed.
Good personal hygiene
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24. COMPANY’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Process
Appropriate re-labeling procedures.
Appropriate segregation and line
clearance system.
Systematic documentation*.
Use appropriate equipment and
necessary items for re-labeling exercise.
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25. LABELING REQUIREMENTS
SUMMARY
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Product name and its function
Use instructions
Country of Manufacture
The name and address of the company or person
responsible for putting the product on the market
The content (weight or volume)
Manufacturing date or expiry date
Registration number
Batch Number
Full ingredient listing
Any additional statements
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