The code of the product certificate can be found on the official website of the State Food Administration to check whether it has passed the U.S. FDA certification.
Passing the FDA can only mean that it meets the requirements of the U.S. food safety level. But China has Chinese product quality requirements, in China still need to do QS certification.
The FDA has an enormous influence in the United States and even around the world, and is known as the "patron saint of American health".
The world's drug dealers and food merchants love and fear it, its credibility and professionalism y many experts and the general public's trust, and its rigorous testing and evaluation in the provision of good protection at the same time also caused a lot of drug dealers and food merchants, accusing it of binding the invention of innovation, is the biggest obstacle to blocking the public access to effective medicines, and lobbied the congressional cuts in the authority of the FDA, but the approach However, this approach has not affected the FDA's sacred guardianship and fulfillment of its mission and responsibilities. To this day, the FDA has become a shield in the hearts and minds of food and drug consumers around the world.
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The FDA monitors and regulates cosmetics in the U.S. market, and for cosmetics exported to the U.S., the FDA conducts pre-customs random inspections. For sampling failed products, the owner can have an opportunity to appeal before the FDA hearing, if the FDA evidence, the product is returned to the owner, or on-site destruction, destruction or return costs borne by the original owner.
The FDA is concerned about the safety of the product, and unscrupulous manufacturers of consumer misinformation, the FDA has a complete set of certification procedures, and different parts of the human body to use different provisions of the cosmetic products, known harmful substances can not be present in the cosmetic ingredients, misleading labels in the U.S. must be corrected.
The FDA advocates self-regulation by manufacturers. If a manufacturer has a good export record with the FDA, spot checks can be few and swift. If a manufacturer has a record of consecutive violations, the manufacturer will find it difficult for them to deal with the FDA in the future.
In the United States, the legal basis for regulating cosmetics is primarily the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Good Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA), and other applicable regulations.
Section 801 of the FDCA authorizes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inspect cosmetic products that enter U.S. territory through U.S. Customs. Inspection can occur either prior to entry or after arrival at the importer and intermediary. The importer/intermediary submits a copy of the customs declaration to U.S. Customs, along with an invoice for each item declared, to the FDA, and U.S. Customs and the FDA classify the declarations to identify procedures that require the FDA to enforce laws and regulations. Upon receipt of the customs declaration, the initial inspection of the imported product is a record review.
Through the record review of cosmetics, one of the following three decisions will be made:
1. ? Release of this lot
2. ? Automatic seizure of this lot
3. ? Inspection by dockside inspection or sampling
(1) For cosmetic products, the dockside inspection essentially consists of a label inspection for mandatory labeling requirements to determine whether the cosmetic product bears or lists the following on the label:
Ingredient labeling, prohibited ingredients, English language labeling, colors not permitted, cautionary statements required by the regulations, and the need for the product to be labeled with a label that complies with 21 CFR 700.00. 21CFR700.25, and the product is required to be packaged in tamper-resistant packaging that meets the requirements of 21CFR700.25.
(2) Other mandatory labeling information:
such as the name and address of the manufacturer's plant, the name and address of the packer or distributor's business, the name of the product, and the disclosure of the net content of the contents.
(3) to carry out import inspection inspectors can be all the inbound products, multiple batches or a single series of products for dockside inspection or sampling. Sampling generally consists of a physical collection of the product or a summary of the documentation for subsequent testing at an FDA regional laboratory. Whenever the FDA takes a sample, it always provides a sample notification form to the shipper or underwriter. Testing may include color analysis, dirt analysis, microbiological analysis, or chemical contamination analysis. The test may also include a review of the label or labeling to determine compliance with regulatory requirements for labeling cosmetic products or to determine if there is a claim of efficacy or medication.
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