Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Strengthens Safety Management of Overseas Direct Cosmetics...10-fold expansion of inspection
Jan 13, 2025
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According to the Korea Trade Statistics Promotion Agency, the number of overseas direct purchases (e-commerce imports) of cosmetics increased from 1.73 million in 2020 to 3.07 million last year.
First of all, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will significantly expand the size of cosmetics purchases and tests from 110 cases last year to 1080 cases this year. In particular, as a number of non-conformities with standards such as heavy metals (lead, nickel, antimony) have been confirmed in color cosmetics and eye makeup cosmetics purchased from Ali and Temu last year, the same types of products will be inspected first this year.
As a result of the Korea Consumer Agency's inspection, nine out of 40 color cosmetics were found to be inappropriate. In the case of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 32 out of 175 color cosmetics, 7 out of 97 eye makeup cosmetics, and 2 out of 13 nail cosmetics were found to be inappropriate.
For overseas direct cosmetics that are feared to be harmful, sales sites will be blocked through the overseas direct online platform and the Korea Communications Standards Commission, and the Korea Customs Service will be asked to ban customs clearance. In addition, in collaboration with the Korea Customs Service and the Korea Consumer Agency, overseas direct cosmetics inspection targets will be selected using the analysis of overseas direct cosmetics ingredients and hazard information from the Consumer Risk Monitoring System (CISS). In addition, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will integrate and manage plans and results for overseas direct purchase inspection of products by each ministry, institution, and local government in accordance with the basic plan for cosmetics manufacturing and distribution management.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it will continue to work with ministries, agencies, and local governments to prevent consumer damage from overseas direct cosmetics and create a healthy cosmetics use culture so that Koreans can use safe cosmetics.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
