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Food and Drug Administration
Date
Summary
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Enumeration of Expressions that are Appropriate or Inappropriate to be Claimed
for Cosmetics
April 30
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Cosmetics Containing Alpha Hydroxy Acids and Other Related Ingredients
June 27
Amendment of Regulation on Residue Limits for Free Formaldehyde in
Cosmetics
August 27
Amendment of Regulation Governing the use and the Dosage Limit of Urea
Ingredient in Cosmetics
September 17 Regulations Forbidding the Use of Rhododendrol Ingredient in Cosmetics
December 31
Amendment of Guideline for the Use of Preservative Ingredient and Dosage Limit
Requirement in Cosmetics
Table 5-1 Revisions of the administrative regulations and health standards in 2013
2. Pre-Market Approval & Registration and Advertising Examination for
Cosmetics
(1) Pre-market approval & registration for cosmetics
a. In 2013, total number of review for medicated cosmetics approval & registration
were 1,650 (including prioritized review cases). 1,506 of them were approved (as
shown in Table 5-2).
Year
Total Number of Applications
Total Number of License Granted
2010
1,594
1,437
2011
1,634
1,519
2012
1,721
1,482
2013
1,650
1,506
Table 5-2 Number of approved licenses during years 2010-2013