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On 5 November 2001, the Department of Health (DOH) announced that the names of all ingre-dients contained in cosmetic products must be indicated on the external packaging. The main content of the announcement is as follows:
Ingredient names may be indicated on the packaging of cosmetic products in Chinese or English, in accordance with the terminologies used in relevant official compendia such as the International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary (INCI), the ROC Pharmacopoeia, the US Pharmacopoeia or the European Pharmaco-poeia or their Chinese translation, or the names of traditional Chinese medicinal sub-stances announced by the DOH as permitted additives for cosmetics.
In the case of test samples, gift items, or items in small packaging, the ingredients may be indicated on a card, hang-tag or explanatory literature.
Ingredients that are the subject of trade secrets, and are not designated by the DOH as medi-cated ingredients, may be listed as "other in-gredients" by the importer, if determined as so listable by government agencies in the country of manufacture, or by the manufacturer in Taiwan, after filing the relevant information with the DOH.
Cosmetic products manufactured or imported and being sold on the market before the DOH announcement takes effect may continue to be for sale within the expiry date, the suppliers must make available documentation listing all ingre-dients for consumers' reference. Products of-fered for sale should also be marked with their date of manufacture to enable them to be dis-tinguished.
The above provisions will come into effect six months after the date of the DOH's announce-ment. Any violation will then be punishable as stated in Articles 6 and 28 of the Law Governing Cosmetic Hygiene.
