New Delhi: No cosmetics could be imported except the ‘use-by’ date is not less than six months from the date of import, the Medicine Controller Normal of India (DCGI) mentioned.
The regulator, issuing directions for importing cosmetics, additionally banned imports of beauty containing hexachlorophene and people which have been examined on animals after 12 November 2014.
Animal testing banned
DCGI banned animal testing for make-up merchandise and producers and importers on that day.
Hexachlorophene is a topical antibacterial cleanser, used to scrub the pores and skin earlier than surgical procedure to stop the unfold of an infection. It’s banned for beauty use.
“No beauty, the manufacture, sale or distribution of which is prohibited within the nation of origin, shall be imported beneath the identical identify or beneath another identify apart from the aim of examination, check or evaluation,” the steerage doc for zonal, sub-zonal and port places of work acknowledged.
In keeping with business estimates, India’s beauty market was valued at $8.1 billion in 2023 and is predicted to succeed in $18.4 billion by 2032.
It mentioned that any one that intends to import a brand new beauty wants to use to the Central Licensing Authority with knowledge on security and effectiveness of the beauty.
Notably, magnificence beauty gadgets are largely costly and are available in numerous home and worldwide manufacturers. In India, a lot of faux beauty gadgets are bought in flea markets or by unauthorized sellers at a less expensive worth.
In keeping with the Beauty Guidelines, 2020, no beauty might convey any concept which is fake or deceptive to the intending consumer.
Earlier, Mint reported that DCGI has issued a brand new code for drug inspectors to make their inspections, pattern collections and permits uniform, predictable and accountable.
It directed drug inspectors to observe a uniform drug sampling methodology and concentrate on figuring out dangers throughout choice of pattern medication, cosmetics and medical units shifting within the provide chain.
Queries despatched to the well being ministry spokesperson remained unanswered.
