The eu's revision of GMP regulations, the export of Chinese cosmetics is being challenged

June 21, eu regulations for cosmetics EC No/( The cosmetic GMP) The appendix II ( Banned substances) And the appendix III ( Restricted substances) And the appendix V ( Preservatives) And the appendix VI ( Sunscreen) Revised. Therefore, the export of Chinese cosmetics will be more limited. In the European Union in the official gazette formally announced cosmetic GMP rules and regulations, and in the eu member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein implemented as a national law. Cosmetics regulations in enterprise raw materials, personnel, facilities, equipment, production process, packaging, transportation, quality control has been clear about the strict request, clear covers the scope and classification of cosmetics, clear responsibility and duty of the dealers, GMP concepts, such as increased product bulletin, product information, documents and cosmetics safety report, etc. The revision replaced the appendix II, III, V, VI part of the material, the appendix made further updates, the list items to add more than 40 new material. It is reported, China's exports to the eu cosmetics encountered many problems, in the first quarter of year, there are number of cosmetics were outside the bulletin, the main reason of using unsafe pigment, poisonous and harmful material such as chloroform, dichloromethane, bacterial infection, label does not wait for a phenomenon, and after the revision will be more strict review, the export of Chinese cosmetics further challenged. China cosmetic industry admittance threshold low, so many small and medium-sized enterprises, but the value of cosmetics is relatively low, quality is difficult to do fine, deep market difficult, difficult to make the brand stronger has become a cosmetic problem of small and medium-sized enterprise development. At the same time, the cost of the enterprise applying for GMP certification and GMP certification training expenses are very expensive, is for some small and medium-sized cosmetics enterprises than big spending. In addition, the current domestic has not yet issued regulations on the implementation of the GMP certification cosmetics, most companies in these areas of safety consciousness is weak, export competitiveness is far insufficient, the export limits the Chinese cosmetics. Editor: Johnny