Ordinary cosmetics filing

Who this is for

This service is for brands whose products do not fall into the special-cosmetics categories—typical examples are general skincare, cleansing, colour cosmetics and hair care that do not claim sunscreen, whitening or spot-removal, hair-dye, perm or anti-hair-loss effects. The formula, method of use and claims all matter. A marketing name alone does not decide the path.

How the path works

Under the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation, ordinary cosmetics are subject to filing administration. The Measures for the Administration of Cosmetics Registration and Filing provide that filing of an ordinary cosmetic is completed when the filer submits the required materials through the information service platform. Typical materials include product and company information, the name basis, formula, product executive standard, label artwork, test reports and safety-assessment materials. Contract manufacturing and efficacy claims add further documents.

Domestic ordinary cosmetics are filed with the provincial medical products administration where the filer is located. Imported ordinary cosmetics are filed before import, and the national regulator is responsible for that work, which it may also entrust to provincial authorities.

What Jinshang organizes, and what partner labs do

We review whether filing is the correct path, compile the dossier, check consistency among the formula, label and product standard, and follow submission and any later correction requests. Microbiological, physicochemical and, where required, toxicological tests are arranged with partner laboratories. Those laboratories issue the reports.

Timing

For ordinary cosmetics filing, testing and filing proceed in parallel; about 10–20 days in total. Actual time depends on dossier completeness and any supplementary requests. This cycle applies only to ordinary cosmetics filing. It is never used for special cosmetics registration, and it should not be treated as a guaranteed import timeline.