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  • December 20, 2017
  • WTO

Korea | Amendments to the "Regulation on Safety Standards for Cosmetics"


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The proposed amendments seek to:

- establish detection limit and testing method for nickel (prohibited substance) unintentionally included;

- expand the using range of etidronic acid, cetrimonium chloride, steartimonium chloride , and behentrimonium chloride;

- add chloroacetamide, phenyl paraben, phenyl salicylate which were deleted from the list of allowed cosmetic preservatives (G/TBT/N/KOR/693 etc.), to the negative list of cosmetic substances to make it clear that these substances are no longer allowed for use in cosmetics for safety reasons; and - add a new testing method to measure the reducing agent content in hair straightening and perm wave products.

                   

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