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I. The implementation of the “Regulations Governing Notification of Cosmetic Products”
enabled the government and businesses to better control the products on the market and its
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the central competent authority as per public announcement, the cosmetics businesses shall
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it would ascertain hygiene and safety management, strengthen the professional capabilities
of the business, facilitate the export of our local products and develop Taiwan’s cosmetics
industry in the world.
II. Cosmetic manufacturing sites shall comply with GMP for the implementation of quality
management, to enable the inspection standards aligning with international standards, to
enhance the quality image and competitiveness of Taiwan's cosmetics on the international
markets and to facilitate the development of the industry. Other than the announced “Cosmetic
Manufacturing Sites that can Be Exempted from Factory Registration,” we specify that the
cosmetics manufacturers should employ a pharmacist or a professional cosmetic technical

personnel to be stationed in the factory to supervise the production and manufacturing;
and the professional cosmetic technical personnel should have the relevant professional
knowledge to ensure the implementation and in-house supervision of cosmetic preparation and
manufacturing meet the cosmetics good manufacturing practices, as well as inspection and
guidance of maintenance for cosmetic manufacturing sites, facilities and equipment, to further
enhance the safety and hygiene of the cosmetics manufacturing process.
III. If the competent authority finds that the cosmetic businesses violate the regulations or the

cosmetics have hygiene and safety hazard, relevant necessary measures may be taken such
as ordering the illegal products to be withdrawn from the market, recalling or destroying the
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established, the businesses can promptly notify the upstream and downstream manufacturers
to recall the products if the products have hygiene and safety hazard. It enables consumers to
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the emergencies case, and to clarify the responsibilities of those products.
IV. We continued to conduct the monitoring of user reaction from consumers to ensure the
citizen’s health and safety and help improve the product formulation in a timely manner as

well as discover the unexpected problems.
V. We stipulated the standard regulations for cosmetic products under control of which the
labeling, promotion, and advertisement that being involved the deception, exaggeration, or
medical efficacy recognition to stabilize the relative rules/regulations review and maintain

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