Whitening Cosmetic Ingredients in China

摘要

On November 30,2021,a notice from China NMPA implied that products containing SymWhite 377(a whitening cosmetic ingredient)must be registered as special cosmetics.Many products containing SymWhite 377,which used to be notified as general cosmetics rather than registered as special cosmetics,were removed from shelves later.This notice also made many industry practitioners worry that there will be further inspection on other whitening ingredients.In response to the chaos,China NMPA later issued a new article to explain.