To make things simple for the registration of cosmetics imported into the country, rule 129, 129H, 135A and 145D of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules are to be amended by the Union Health Ministry of India. You could have an overview of medical device registration in our blog section under the CDSCO category. The recommendation was given by the highest authority on technical matters under Union Ministry of India, DTAB (The Drugs Technical Advisory Board). The issue was handed to DTAB for examining after the cosmetics importers demand for simplifying the provisions to the health ministry. DTAB’s 68^th meeting discussed the issue and formed a sub-committee to address it without any compromise on quality and safety. READ ALSO: Registration of In Vitro Diagnostics in India.

The sub-committee recommended the amendments on the Rules 129, 129H, 135A and 145D after their meeting on 12^th June, 2015. The other recommendations are also given to simplify import registration of cosmetics regards to the products not tested on animals, free sale certificate, Letter of Authorization (LoA) consideration in place of Power of Attorney (PoA), Certificate of Free Sale (CFS) requirement and bulk import of cosmetics into the country. After deliberations, DTAB in its 70^th meeting held last month agreed to the amendments and guidelines proposed. It also recommended for  a test of the cosmetics imported into the country without prior registration and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) should maintain the details of the non-registered cosmetics into the country.