“Measures for the Administration of the Registration and Recordation of Cosmetics” classified new cosmetic raw materials, setting a systematic and detailed request list for new raw materials registration and recordation. This paper sorted out the requirements and compared domestic and foreign standards for acute oral toxicity test, subchronic oral toxicity test and combined chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity test, providing comments and suggestions on current standards.

China has become the world's second largest consumer market for cosmetics. The rapid development of the cosmetics industry requires that its regulatory management and standard and regulation also need to keep pace with the times and constantly improve. This paper compares domestic and foreign standards for skin sensitisation test, skin phototoxicity test and skin photoallergy test, and analysis the specific problems of the current standards and make recommendations.