At the end of 2015, CFDA finally announced that Safety Technical Standard for Cosmetics 2015 has beenreviewed and passed by Cosmetic Standards Expert Committee. Safety Technical Standard for Cosmetics 2015 will be taken into implementation since December 1 2016.

The main revisions of the new Cosmetic Safety Technical Standard are:

Making clear explanations of certain terms;

Detailing cosmetic safety technical universal requirements:

The limit of lead is adjusted from 40mg/kg to 10mg/kg.

The limit of arsenic is adjusted from 10mg/kg to 2mg/kg.

The limit of cadmium is newly set as 5mg/kg. The limit of dioxane is 30mg/kg.

No asbestos should be tested out.

Revising lists of cosmetic prohibited and restricted ingredients and lists of cosmetic permitted ingredients:

Currently, there are 1,388 kinds of prohibited ingredients,47 kinds of restricted ingredients, 51 kinds of permitted preservatives, 27 kinds of permitted sun screeners, 157 kinds of colorants and 75 kinds of hair tints in Safety Technical Standard for Cosmetics 2015.

Revising physical-chemical inspection methods:

60 kinds of testing methods for prohibited and restricted ingredients in cosmetics are newly added.

All testing methods are standardized and classified for more convenient reference.

Few mistakes in the previous Hygienic Standard for Cosmetics have been corrected.

Safety Technical Standard for Cosmetics 2015 consists of 8 chapters:

The 1st chapter is general description including range,terms and explanations, and universal requirements for cosmetic safety.

The 2nd chapter is about requirements for prohibited and restricted ingredients in cosmetics,involving 1,388 prohibited ingredients and 47 restricted ingredients.

The 3rd chapter is requirements for permitted ingredients in cosmetics, involving 51 preservatives,27 sun screeners, 157 colorants and 75 hair tints.

The 4th chapter is physical-chemical inspection methods, including 77 inspection methods.

The 5th chapter is methods of microbiological test,including 5 methods.

The 6th chapter is methods of toxicological test,including 16 methods.

The 7th chapter is methods of human body safety test including 2 methods.

The 8th chapter is methods of human body efficacy evaluation test, including 3 methods.