CFDA’s Explanations to Formula Modification Requirements during the Transitional Period of STSC

CFDA’s notification relating to transitional measures for implementing Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics on 1 June stipulated that if there is a change of formula for domestic special use cosmetics and all imported cosmetics approved already, modification application form, revised formula, description and diagram of the production process, packaging design and safety assessment report (for risk-concern substance) shall be submitted before 1 Dec 2016. After a technical review,CFDA will renew the license (keeping the previous license number) for qualified products. Unqualified products will require submission of safety-related documents.

During a CFDA internal training course, Liubin Qi,director of Cosmetic Registration Department explained’that the safety-related documents include testing reports.Therefore, it is unnecessary for companies to submit testing reports in the first phase of applying modification.Testing reports are only required to supplement provided CFDA to find products unsafe after the technical review.In such case, a majority of companies can exempt from conducting testing, which will cut their costs and reduce the risk of missing the deadline as gener...