Testing, safety assessment and efficacy evaluation

Who this is for

Foreign brands usually need a combination of microbiological and physicochemical tests, toxicology unless a legal waiver applies, a cosmetic safety assessment prepared under current Chinese guidelines, and efficacy evaluation where claims require it. Special cosmetics add category-specific safety or human studies.

How the path works

Tests should be performed by institutions that meet the qualifications required for cosmetics registration and filing inspection, following the Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics and the inspection rules in force. Safety assessment follows the Technical Guidelines for Cosmetic Safety Assessment (2021) and, after NMPA Announcement No. 50 of 2024, the classified submission approach in the relevant submission guide. Efficacy evaluation follows the Efficacy Claim Evaluation Standard: different claims require human tests, consumer-use tests, laboratory tests, or literature and research-data analysis.

A Material Safety Data Sheet is not a substitute for a China cosmetic safety assessment.

What Jinshang organizes, and what partner labs do

We identify which evidence the chosen path requires, keep the test plan aligned with the formula and claims, and place the reports in the dossier. Partner laboratories design and run the tests they accept and issue the corresponding reports. We do not claim those reports as Jinshang’s own CMA/CNAS output.