Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea announced on the partial amendments to the Enforcement rule of the Cosmetic Act which strengthen the safety management of cosmetics for infants and children.
It requires Cosmetics responsible sellers who intend to label and advise the cosmetics can be used for infants and children should prepare the safety data specifications for MFDA inspection.
The storage period of safety data for each product shall be in accordance with the following categories:
- When the expiry date is indicated on the primary packaging of cosmetics: The period from the date of the advertisement and advertisement that the product can be used by infants or children to the one year after the expiration date of the last manufactured or imported product. In this case, manufacturing is based on the manufacturing date according to the manufacturing number of cosmetics, and import is based on the customs clearance date.
- In the case of marking the period of use after opening in the primary packaging of cosmetics: The period from the date of the advertisement and advertisement that the product can be used by infants or children to 3 years after the date of manufacture of the last manufactured or imported product. In this case, manufacturing is based on the manufacturing date according to the manufacturing number of cosmetics, and import is based on the customs clearance date.
Age:
1. Infants : 3 years and younger
2. Children: 4 years old and over and 13 years or less
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