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Nowadays, when buying cosmetics, there are more and more consumers who carefully examine what ingredients are and what products they can use, and if you want to check the expiration date, there are many cosmetics that need to be opened.

Reporter Jung Da-eun was covered.

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A cosmetics store in Seoul. Many consumers ask for the expiration date before purchasing.

[(Hey, can I know the

expiration date for this?) Wait a minute. The staff opens the packaging and checks the deadline.

Because this is repeated every time, every morning, employees write down the expiration date as a destination for cosmetics.


Since the expiration date is not written on the outer packaging, it is necessary to open the packaging, check it, and attach it manually by hand.

Cosmetics store manager: If you come this thing in the morning dwaeseo almost takes one person takes time 70 minutes are, and customers respond parts also itgoyo the insufficient parts]

current Cosmetics Act cosmetic sayonggi one is primary packed in containers While it must be marked, there is no obligation to mark it on the secondary packaging, product boxes, etc.

Cosmetic packaging boxes are often sealed with tape, making it difficult to open and check.

[Baemija/Seoul, Yangcheon-gu: It's not mine, but if you open it and the box goes wrong, I sometimes have to ask... .]

Sometimes the failure to check the expiration date may result in failure.

[Nam Joo-hee/Seoul Yangcheon-gu: I've been tearing it down to write something I've never used, but the expiration date has passed... .] In

one home shopping, after opening the cosmetic box, checking the deadline, and requesting a return or refund, more than 200 cases of complaints were received per year saying that the container was damaged.

[Ahn Soo-Hyun/Professor of the Graduate School of Law, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies: In countries that care about the safety of cosmetics, it is mandatory to indicate the expiration date for these outer packaging. .]

EU and China require cosmetics to be labeled on both primary and secondary packaging.

(Video editing: Jeon Min-kyu, VJ: Min-gu Jung)