Cosmetics safety to receive a makeover

YIWU, Zhejiang - China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has moved to create the country's first safety assessment and monitoring system for cosmetics and skin care products, an administration official said.

The SFDA would soon issue a plan for monitoring the safety of cosmetics and skin care products as part of the system, said the official, who declined to be named, during an SFDA meeting on safety supervision that ended Friday in Yiwu city, east China's Zhejiang province. The official did not reveal a date for issuing the plan.

The SFDA was re-examining the qualifications of agencies that approve cosmetics and skin care products, and was screening candidates for a safety commission, he said.