1. LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR COSMETICS Cosmetics Seminar 2001

2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION 3 Definition of Labeling 3 Labeling Requirements - Salient Features 3 Small /Odd Size Packs 3 Relabeling à Scope à Company’s Responsibilities : å Premise å Personnel å Process Cosmetics Seminar 2001

3. OTHER RELEVANT LAWS 3 Price Control Act 3 Trade Description Act 3 Weight and Measures Act â Metrication Guidelines Cosmetics Seminar 2001

4. LABELING - OBJECTIVE 3 To provide information for the consumers to make an informed choice AND 3 To assist the regulators in carrying out surveillance activities Cosmetics Seminar 2001

5. LABELING MEANS......information written; printed; or graphic matter on the immediate or outer packaging and any form of leaflet. Cosmetics Seminar 2001

6. LABELING REQUIREMENTS * Product name and its function* c Name of Cosmetic Product The name given to a cosmetic product, which may be an invented name, together with a trade mark or the name of the manufacturer. Cosmetics Seminar 2001

7. LABELING REQUIREMENTS * Country of manufacture Example: à Made in China à Manufactured in USA à Country of origin: Thailand Cosmetics Seminar 2001 * Use instruction* * unless it is clear from the presentation of the product.

8. LABELING REQUIREMENTS * The name and address of the company or person responsible for placing the product on the local market. Cosmetics Seminar 2001 * The contents given by weight or volume - metric or both metric and imperial unit

9. LABELING REQUIREMENTS * Manufacturing date OR expiry date Example: Month/year Year/month Cosmetics Seminar 2001 * Registration number * Batch number

10. * Special precautions to be observed in use. - mandatory* - manufacturer’s recommendation Note: à Mandatory - Listed in the column “Conditions of use and warnings which must be printed on the label” in Annex III Part 1. LABELING REQUIREMENTS Cosmetics Seminar 2001

11. LABELING REQUIREMENTS * Mandatory â Declaration of ingredients from bovine and/or porcine origin. Cosmetics Seminar 2001 ADDITIONAL STATEMENT(S) Example : This product contains ingredient of pork origin / beef origin.

12. LABELING REQUIREMENTS * Full ingredients listing â Standard reference for nomenclature â Botanicals and plant extracts à genus and species Cosmetics Seminar 2001

13. LABELING REQUIREMENTS  List all ingredients in descending order of concentration.  Ingredients with a concentration below 1% can be listed at random, after other ingredients.  Colorants may be listed in any order, after all the other ingredients. Cosmetics Seminar 2001 A Quick Guide on 'HOW TO List the Ingredients'

14. INGREDIENT LABELING Aqua, Cyclomethicone, Mica, Polybutene, Triisostearin, Quarternium-18 Hectorite, Polymethylmethacrylate, Persea Gratissima, Cera Alba, Propylene, Carbonate, Methylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Propylparaben, Lecithin, BHT, Parfum, [+/- CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, CI 77891] EXAMPLE Cosmetics Seminar 2001

15. * impurities in the raw materials used. * subsidiary technical materials used in the preparation but not present in the final product. * materials used in strictly necessary quantity as solvents, or as carriers for perfume and aromatic compositions. NOT REGARDED AS INGREDIENTS… Cosmetics Seminar 2001

16. REFERENCE LIST OF STANDARD REFERENCE FOR COSMETIC INGREDIENT NOMENCLATURE  International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary  British Pharmacopoeia  United States Pharmacopoeia  Chemical Abstract Services  Japanese Standard Cosmetic Ingredient  Japanese Cosmetic Ingredient Codex

17. SMALL / ODD SIZE PACKAGING Cosmetics Seminar 2001

18. SMALL / ODD SIZE PACKAGING  Minimum requirements on immediate packaging â name of cosmetic product â batch number * Other information â Display on leaflets, pamphlets, hang tags, display panel, shrink wraps, etc. Cosmetics Seminar 2001

19. DEFINITIONS * Immediate Packaging â The container or other form of packaging immediately in contact with the cosmetic product. * Outer Packaging â The packaging into which is placed the immediate packaging. Cosmetics Seminar 2001

20. LANGUAGE, WHERE, HOW? * All required particulars shall appear in English and/or National Language. Price Control Act requirements * Easily legible, clearly comprehensible and indelible * On outer packaging, or where there is no outer packaging, on the immediate packaging. Cosmetics Seminar 2001

21. Mfg / Expiry Date

22. RELABELING : GUIDELINES Cosmetics Seminar 2001 * RELABELING - Involves â removal, â alteration, â replacement or â overstickering SCOPE of original label without opening of the immediate packaging or tampering with the contents.

23. COMPANY’S RESPONSIBILITIES * Premise/ Re-labeling Area â Must be of reasonable size. â Must be clean and free from any pests. * Personnel â Trained and able to conduct re-labeling exercise as directed. â Good personal hygiene Cosmetics Seminar 2001

24. COMPANY’S RESPONSIBILITIES * Process â Appropriate re-labeling procedures. â Appropriate segregation and line clearance system. â Systematic documentation*. â Use appropriate equipment and necessary items for re-labeling exercise. Cosmetics Seminar 2001

25. Product name and its function Use instructions Country of Manufacture The name and address of the company or person responsible for putting the product on the market The content (weight or volume) Manufacturing date or expiry date Registration number Batch Number Full ingredient listing Any additional statements LABELING REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY