On February 9, 2025, China's National Institute for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) released an updated version of the "Ingredient Usage Information for Marketed Products," further expanding the information and action sites for marketed products and optimizing reference usage principles to provide valuable support for companies conducting safety assessments.
The previous version was released on April 30, 2024. ZMUni Compliance Center has compiled key comparison points between the two versions, as referenced below:
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2024 Version |
2025 Version |
Comparative Analysis |
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Number of Ingredient Types |
2234 |
3608 |
Increase of 1374 |
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Number of Ingredient Usage Records |
4416 |
7672 |
The distribution of the newly added records of ingredient usage is as follows: 3,344 (59.1%) for the whole body, 1,953 (34.5%) for the eye area, and 166 (2.9%) for the face (including the neck). Note: Some data involve multiple body sites, and here they are calculated based on a single body site. |
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Reference Body Sites and Principles |
1. In the order of: whole body skin > trunk area > face > lips > eyes.； |
whole body > trunk area > face (including neck) > hands and feet > head > hair > lips > eyes > fingernails/toenails. |
2024 Version: Face → 2025 Version: Face (including neck) 2024 Version: Whole body → 2025 Version: Whole body skin 2024 Version: If the product application site includes both hair and head, the ingredient usage amount for the head cannot be referenced. → 2025 Version: If the product application site includes both hair and head, the ingredient usage amount for the head can be referenced. 2024 Version: If the product application site includes the face (including the neck), eyes, and/or lips, the ingredient usage amount for the face (including the neck) cannot be referenced. → 2025 Version: If the product application site includes the face (including neck), eyes, and/or lips, the ingredient usage amount for the face (including neck) can be referenced. 2024 Version: If the product application site is the eye and references the usage amount from other sites, an additional assessment of the ingredients's eye irritation must be conducted. → 2025 Version: If the product application site is the eye and references the usage amount from other sites, an additional assessment of eye irritation must be conducted. |
ZMUni Compliance Centre reminds relevant enterprises that there are less than 3 months before the mandatory implementation of the full version of safety assessments for cosmetics. Companies can refer to the ingredient usage information of already marketed products. However, this information is merely an objective record of ingredient usage in currently valid registered or filed cosmetics in China. When using this information, companies must comply with relevant national laws, regulations, standards, and guidelines, and appropriately select ingredient usage amounts based on the product's method of use and application site.
https://www.nifdc.org.cn/nifdc/bshff/hzhpbzh/hzhpbzhtzgg/202502071436561433633.html
