India’s central consumer protection body published rules for preventing misleading commercials and endorsements for misleading advertisements 2022 on June 9th, 2020. CCPA announced the Guidelines to fulfill the duties given to CCPA by Section 18 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. Section 2(28) of the 2019 Consumer Protection Act defines […]
Read MoreAccording to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and New Cosmetics Rules 2020 and the Rules enacted thereunder, the State Drug Control Department inspects and grant cosmetic license approval for importers and manufacturers in India. Additionally, the import of cosmetics is governed by a registration system administered by the Central […]
Read MoreDrugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has further extended the deadline by four months to submit notarized or apostilled regulatory documents for import and registration of cosmetics such as Authorisation from Manufacturer, free sale certificate (FSC) with legal signatures. This is in continuation to the notices given on April 20, 2020, August 19, 2020, and December 18, 2020.
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The new draft bill consists of a few new definitions such as clinical trials, over-the-counter drugs, manufacturers, cosmetics, medical devices, new drugs, bioavailability, investigational new drugs, imported spurious drugs, predicate devices and many others. The new draft bill consists of seven chapters and nine schedules. Chapter II of the draft […]
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has notified the Cosmetics Rules, 2020 under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. This move is to streamline all functions and bring effective compliance in the cosmetic sector of India. The notification came to separately codify and update the rules relating to import, manufacture, labeling, sale, and distribution of cosmetics in India, which were earlier set out under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
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Internet has led to an exponential growth in awareness. You are more tuned to “Googling” for information and clearing your doubts. There is a growing tribe of consumers who are alert, informed and take data-driven information. These developments are having far-reaching impact, which were earlier disjointed. This has prompted […]
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