State Food and Drug Administration: Increase penalties for unqualified cosmetics producers and operators in accordance with the law

According to the official website of the State Food and Drug Administration, in order to investigate and punish the illegal activities found in the national cosmetics supervision and sampling inspections in accordance with the law, the State Food and Drug Administration issued on the 21st the "Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in the Inspection and Disposal of Unqualified Products in the National Cosmetics Supervision and Random Inspection" (hereinafter referred to as " "Notice"), it is required to strengthen on-site investigation and evidence collection of substandard products, strengthen the traceability of substandard products, and increase the penalties for producers and operators of substandard products in accordance with the law
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The "Notice" requires that on-site investigation and evidence collection of substandard products be strengthened
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For products that fail to pass the supervision and sampling inspection, the cosmetics registrant, recorder, entrusted manufacturer, and domestic responsible person (agent) where the cosmetics registrant, recorder, entrusted manufacturer, and domestic responsible person (agent) are located shall organize on-site investigations of the above-mentioned enterprises
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During the on-site investigation, the focus should be on the purchase and use of raw materials, production records, product samples, and sales records involved in the supervision and sampling of unqualified products
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Upon investigation, if the unqualified product is produced or imported by the enterprise under investigation, the enterprise shall be supervised and guided to conduct self-inspection, find out the reasons for the unqualified product, and adopt relevant control measures to eliminate hidden risks
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When the enterprise under investigation denies that the unqualified product is produced or imported, it shall organize sampling inspection of other batches or similar products in the enterprise's inventory or reserve samples, and require the enterprise to formally issue a statement of the situation and provide relevant supporting materials
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The "Notice" also requires that the traceability of substandard products be strengthened
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For operators who supervise and randomly inspect unqualified products, the drug administration of the province (region, city) where they are located shall organize on-site investigations to trace the source of the unqualified products and investigate them to the end; the source of the product involves other provinces (regions, cities).
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Cosmetic registrants, record holders, entrusted production enterprises, and domestic responsible persons (agents) where the provincial (regional, municipal) Drug Administration is located shall conduct comprehensive research and judgment based on on-site investigations, sampling inspections, product traceability in business links, and corporate statements.
Organize a thorough investigation of the source of illegal products
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At the same time, the penalties for producers and operators of substandard products will be increased in accordance with the law.

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For cosmetics operators who have not fulfilled the obligations of purchase inspection records and cannot provide purchase inspection records, the department responsible for drug supervision and management shall not apply the provisions of Article 68 of the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations to exempt them from administrative penalties
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If the cosmetics registrant, recorder, or entrusted manufacturer denies that the unqualified product was produced or imported by the random inspection, and it is verified by investigation and verification that it is to provide false information or conceal the truth, the department responsible for drug supervision and management shall comply with the regulations of the cosmetics supervision and management regulations.
If the circumstances are serious, they shall be punished severely and severely in accordance with the law
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