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Regulatory department: claiming that cosmetics are "food grade" to induce consumers to buy suspected violations
In recent years, "food-grade" cosmetics have appeared in the market, and businesses claim that these cosmetic ingredients are "no additives" and "pure natural", which are safer and more effective.
However, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily on July 12 compared various cosmetic ingredient lists called "food ingredients" and "edible" and found that these so-called "food grade" cosmetics and skin care products are largely just commercial marketing gimmicks.
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"Edible" lipstick is suspected to cause red and swollen mouth corners of children
A few days ago, some readers reported to a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily that in the children’s cosmetics they bought for their daughters, the merchants always claimed that they were “pure plant formula” and “safe and edible” lipsticks, but they asked their daughters who had just entered elementary school to wear them once. Lift up the skin.
At first, this reader thought it was the dry weather and didn't care.
However, after the child was wearing lipstick for more than a day because of the performance, the corner of his mouth appeared slightly red and swollen, and this reader thought it might be caused by the lipstick.
"Because the children want to participate in the performance, I thought that the'pure plant' cosmetics would be less harmful to the children, so I only spent more than 100 yuan on this lipstick." The reader said.
A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily noted that some cosmetics now claim to be "pure plant" formulas, which seem to be unable to satisfy their "natural and harmless" positioning. An "edible" cosmetic copy is quietly popular.
A reporter from the Beiqing Daily searched for keywords such as “edible” and “food ingredients” under the cosmetics category of the e-commerce platform, and there were dozens of pages of results. Among them, lipsticks, skin care products, facial masks and sunscreens were the majority, almost ranking highly. The detail pages of the previous products indicated that the product ingredients are natural, safe and edible.
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The main ingredients of "food grade" cosmetics are chemical raw materials
Are these "eatable" cosmetics really better and safer? A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily compared the product description and the actual ingredient list of the product one by one and found that some claiming to be "non-toxic and harmless" and "pure natural" can even be given to children For the lipsticks used by pregnant women, the content shown in the ingredient list is not as described on the product page of the store. The ingredients are simple and natural.
On the introduction page of a foreign-imported lipstick that is said to be exclusively for pregnant women, it claims to use 4 kinds of plant essential oils, but does not introduce other raw materials.
However, the reporter of Beiqing Daily got the actual ingredients list of the lipstick and found that among its more than 30 kinds of raw materials, the four essential oils ranked in the bottom of the list of ingredients, and the rest were mostly common chemical raw materials for lipsticks.
According to my country's requirements for product labeling, the order of ranking in the ingredient list is in descending order of the content of the substance in the product.
Some imported products include children's sunscreens that claim to have "food ingredients" added. Except for the large characters "80% of food ingredients" on the outer packaging, there is no Chinese word on the entire packaging.
The main ingredients of the sunscreen displayed by some purchasing shops are: extracts of apple, aloe and raspberry.
However, a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily interviewed a relevant person and said that the above-mentioned fruits and plants have no sunscreen effect, whether they are themselves or extracts.
Subsequently, the reporter of Beiqing Daily found the Chinese translation of the main ingredient list of the sunscreen, and found that the sunscreen is not only the lower content of various plant extracts, but also a chemical sunscreen. Its main sunscreen is "Methoxy". "Ethylhexyl cinnamate" is considered by some practitioners to be unsuitable for use in children's cosmetics to a certain extent.
Obviously, the so-called "80% food ingredient", "food grade" and even the claim that one's own cosmetics are "edible" are just marketing gimmicks of the merchants.
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Regulatory authority: there is no "food grade" cosmetics
Why are some businesses willing to advertise that their cosmetics are "edible"?
According to industry insiders, this is a marketing gimmick made by a business, giving cosmetics the name of "edible", making them appear "no additives" and "pure natural", safer and more effective.
But, is this the truth?
According to industry insiders, it is not as consumers imagine-food is more pure and safer than cosmetics.
In fact, compared with food, the raw materials used in the production of cosmetics sometimes have higher requirements for purity, because too many impurities will lead to the collapse of the cosmetic formula system.
In addition, it is also rich in vitamin C. Applying lemon juice directly to the face not only fails to whiten, it may also cause itching and redness. Therefore, regular cosmetics are all derivatives of vitamin C in a stable form, which will affect the concentration and irritation. adjust.
At the same time, comparing the standard of vitamin C in food additives with the standard in the technical specifications of cosmetics, the latter clarified that the heavy metals lead and arsenic are prohibited components and are not allowed to be added to cosmetics.
In addition, a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned that since this year, market supervision departments in many places have issued consumer reminders, saying that there is no concept of "food-grade" cosmetics.
my country’s "Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics" clearly stipulates that cosmetics refer to daily chemicals for the purpose of cleaning, protecting, beautifying, and modifying human body surfaces such as skin, hair, nails, lips, etc. by rubbing, spraying or other similar methods. Industrial Products.
The way food is used is oral intake (eating or drinking), and digestion and absorption are completed through the coordination and cooperation of various organs of the digestive system, which are different from the way of using cosmetics, the site of action, and the mechanism of action.
Therefore, food and cosmetics are completely different concepts.
At the same time, the relevant laws and regulations of our country stipulate that cosmetics promotion cannot contain absolute words such as "pure plant" and "pure natural".
Some merchants used "food grade" to provoke consumers' associations by opportunistically, replacing the concepts of "pure natural" and "pure plants" that have been banned.
The "Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics" also strictly regulates cosmetics advertisements, requiring that the contents of advertisements should be true and legal, and must not express or imply that the product has a medical effect, and must not contain false or misleading content.
Some regulatory authorities have reminded that some businesses claim that cosmetics are "food-grade" ingredients and induce consumers to buy them, which violates the regulations.
Text / reporter Zhang Xin