'Permanent wave products for eyelashes', which have not been clearly classified due to vague regulations, are expected to be incorporated into the cosmetics category and undergo more systematic management. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Director Yoo-kyung Oh, www.mfds.go.kr ) made an official announcement today (12th), saying, “We decided to classify permanent wave products for eyelashes as cosmetics in order to manage them in a safer and more systematic manner, and decided to classify them as cosmetics in the second half of the year. “We will begin work on revising related laws and reg
Announced by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, '2022 cosmetics production/export/import performance analysis' It was found that Korea’s cosmetics production last year recorded 13.5908 trillion won (0.6% increase compared to 2017 performance), which is only at the level of 2017 (13.5155 trillion won). This is the lowest production performance since 2018 and is an amount reduced by 18.4% from 16.65 trillion won in 2021, which showed the highest performance ever. In particular, except for the case of a 6.8% decrease from 2019 in 2020, the first year of the Corona 19 pandemic, this is the larg
2023 Cosmetics Policy Briefing This year's major policies in the cosmetics field are △ regulatory innovation to support autonomy and creativity △ support for exports by enhancing international credibility △ a series of detailed plans with a focus on three directions: enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic cosmetics industry. In particular, six innovation tasks included in the 'Regulatory Innovation 2.0' announced yesterday (21st) (seven if sanitary products are included) will also be carried out according to the period set for each task. Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister Oh Yoo
The pilot operation of e-labels for cosmetics labeling and product information, which allows various safety information to be checked in real time through digitization of cosmetic labeling information, is expected to begin in March next year at the earliest. In addition, △Customized screening of hair dyes for automated devices (December 2023) △International harmonization of cosmetic color quality management (December 2023) △Operation of cosmetics GMP harmonized with international standards (June 2024) △Various support for cosmetics exports A roadmap for six regulatory innovation tasks in the c