Pay Attention! New Rules for Chinese Cosmetic Online Retailers are Coming!

China's National Medical Products Administration issued the " Supervision and Administration Measures on Cosmetics Network Operations", which will be implemented on September 1 this year.

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China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued the " Supervision and Administration Measures on Cosmetics Network Operations ", which will be implemented on September 1 this year.

The NMPA issued an announcement stating that in order to further strengthen the supervision of cosmetics network operations, standardize cosmetics network operations, and ensure the quality and safety of cosmetics, according to the " Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation ", "Supervision and Administration Measures on Cosmetics Manufacture and Operation ", etc., The NMPA formulated the " Supervision and Administration Measures on Cosmetics Network Operations ", hereinafter referred to as the "Administration Measures", which will come into force on September 1, 2023.

The "Administration Measures" are divided into four chapters: general principles, management of cosmetics e-commerce platform operators, management and supervision of cosmetics operators on the platform.

In terms of management of cosmetics e-commerce platform operators, cosmetics e-commerce platform operators should set up a cosmetics quality and safety management organization, or to have full-time and part-time quality and safety management expert. Cosmetics quality and safety management institutions or quality and safety management expert are responsible for establishing and implementing cosmetics quality and safety management systems, and organizing daily inspections of cosmetics operators on the platform.

The "Administration Measures" propose that operators of cosmetics e-commerce platforms should require cosmetics operators applying to enter the platform to submit real information such as identity, address, and contact information, conduct verification and registration, establish registration files, and verify and update them at least every 6 months. Cosmetics e-commerce platform operators shall keep the identity information of cosmetics operators on the platform for no less than 3 years from the date of their withdrawal from the platform.

In terms of the management of cosmetics operators on the platform, the cosmetics operators on the platform should establish and implement a purchase inspection record system, check the relevant information of direct suppliers, and if they operate children’s cosmetics, they should also check the signs of children’s cosmetics and check them. In addition, cosmetics operators on the platform should fulfill the obligation of cosmetics information disclosure, and cooperate with cosmetics e-commerce platform operators to carry out quality and safety management activities such as daily inspections and self-examination of regulatory disclosure information.

The "Administration Measures" propose that if cosmetics operators on the platform find that the cosmetics they sell have quality defects or other problems that may endanger human health, they should immediately stop their operations and notify the relevant cosmetics registrants and filers. Cosmetics registrants and filers shall implement recalls according to law. If the cosmetics registrant, filing person, or cosmetics operator on the platform fails to implement the recall or stop the operation in accordance with the law, the department in charge of drug supervision and management shall order them to implement the recall or stop the operation.