China Public consulting on microbeads ban in Cosmmetics

On April 10, the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC) issued an announcement for public comment on the “Catalogue of Plastic Products Prohibited and Restricted for Production, Sales, and Use (Draft for Comment)”. In the draft for comments, daily chemical products containing plastic microbeads are listed as prohibited plastic products. In this action, the cosmetics products also will be categorized as daily chemical products and banned the microbeads being used in the products.

Any comments can be submitted through the NDRC website as the following links.

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NDRC Comments Website

Catalogue of Plastic Products Prohibited and Restricted for Production, Sales, and Use (Draft for Comment)

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