22 Korean Cosmetics Terms
Korea Cosmetics Safety Information Group defines 22 terms from the Cosmetics Act and registration data. Terms the law defines, such as responsible seller, customized cosmetics, use-by date and primary packaging, come with the article number.
Contents
Types of cosmetics business
- Business operator
- A collective term for manufacturers, responsible sellers and customized cosmetics sellers (Cosmetics Act, Article 5(8)).
Korean Cosmetics Company Count - Cosmetics manufacturing business화장품제조업
- A business that manufactures all or part of a cosmetic, excluding processes consisting only of secondary packaging or labeling (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(10)). It covers manufacturing directly, manufacturing on consignment, and primary packaging (Enforcement Decree, Article 2(1)).
Cosmetics Manufacturers by Region - Responsible seller business화장품책임판매업
- A business that distributes or sells cosmetics while managing their quality and safety, or that brokers or supplies them for import-agency transactions (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(11)).
Responsible Sellers by Region - Customized cosmetics seller business맞춤형화장품판매업
- A business that sells customized cosmetics (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(12)). It notifies the Minister of Food and Drug Safety (Article 3-2).
Customized Cosmetics Sellers - Registration
- The procedure before the Minister of Food and Drug Safety for a person intending to run a manufacturing or responsible seller business (Cosmetics Act, Article 3(1)). The registration date in the data is the day this procedure was completed.
Cosmetics Registrations by Year - Notification
- The procedure before the Minister of Food and Drug Safety for a person intending to run a customized cosmetics seller business (Cosmetics Act, Article 3-2(1)). Closure and suspension of business are also notified (Article 6(1)).
Customized Cosmetics Sellers
Managers and qualifications
- Responsible sales manager책임판매관리자
- The manager a responsible seller appoints to manage quality control and post-sale safety management standards (Cosmetics Act, Article 3(3)). This person must take training on ensuring cosmetics safety and quality control every year (Article 5(7)).
- Customized cosmetics dispensing manager맞춤형화장품조제관리사
- A person engaged in quality and safety management work such as mixing and subdividing customized cosmetics. A customized cosmetics seller must have one in order to notify (Cosmetics Act, Article 3-2(2)).
Customized Cosmetics Sellers
Types of cosmetics
- Cosmetics
- Articles with a mild effect on the human body, used by applying, rubbing, spraying or similar means to clean and beautify the body, add attractiveness, brighten the appearance, or maintain or improve the health of skin and hair. Articles that are drugs under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act are excluded (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(1)).
- Functional cosmetics
- Cosmetics set by Ordinance of the Prime Minister among products that help with skin whitening, wrinkle improvement, protection from ultraviolet rays, changing the color of, removing or nourishing hair, or preventing or improving dryness, cracking, loss, keratinization and the like caused by weakened skin or hair function (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(2)).
- Customized cosmetics
- Cosmetics made by adding the contents of another cosmetic, or an ingredient set by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety, to the contents of a manufactured or imported cosmetic and mixing them, and cosmetics made by subdividing contents. Simple subdivision of the contents of cosmetics set by Ordinance of the Prime Minister, such as solid soap, is excluded (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(3-2)).
Customized Cosmetics Sellers - Directly purchased overseas cosmetics
- Cosmetics an individual buys directly from an overseas online shopping mall for personal consumption (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(13)).
Packaging and labeling
- Labeling
- Letters, numbers, figures, pictures and the like stated on the container or packaging of a cosmetic (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(8)).
- Primary packaging
- The container in direct contact with the contents when the cosmetic is manufactured (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(6)).
- Secondary packaging
- One or more packages holding the primary packaging, plus protective material and packaging for labeling purposes. It includes enclosed documents (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(7)).
- Use-by date
- The minimum period from the date of manufacture during which, under proper storage, the product keeps its inherent characteristics and consumers can use it stably (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(5)).
- Safety container and packaging
- Containers or packaging designed to be difficult for children under 5 to open (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(4)).
- Advertising
- Showing or announcing information about cosmetics through radio, television, newspapers, magazines, voice, sound, video, the internet, printed matter, signboards or other means (Cosmetics Act, Article 2(9)).
Terms in the registration data
- Entry count
- The number of lines in the registration list. Counting is by business, so a company registered as both a manufacturer and a responsible seller counts as 2. It differs from the number of companies.
Korean Cosmetics Company Count - Registration datePermit date
- The day the business was registered or notified. Search results on Nedrug show it as the permit date. It can differ from the date the company was founded.
Cosmetics Registrations by Year - Location
- The address in the registration list. The public API goes down only to the city, county or district. The list does not show whether a company with a separate head office and factory registered at one or the other.
Top Cosmetics Manufacturing Areas - Dual registration
- The term Korea Cosmetics Safety Information Group uses when one business registration number holds both a manufacturing and a responsible seller registration. It is not a legal term.
Korean Cosmetics Company Count