Drugs Controller General of India
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked cosmetics importers to provide information on consignments that arrive in the country to prevent the sale of unregulated and fake products. The regulatory body has asked the importers to provide details like total cost of imported cosmetics in each consignment, warehouse details where those are stored for further distribution and sale among others.
Highlighting that the details of cosmetics imported annually by importers are not being provided, the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation in a circular said, “every applicant who is importing cosmetics under COS-4A hereby directed to provide the annual statement of details of cosmetics imported in India from the date of grant of IRN under COS-4A to this office including details such as number of consignments/bill of entries of each consignment, imported quantity in each consignment, total cost of imported cosmetics in each consignments, warehouse details where those are stored for further distribution and sale etc”.
As per the requirements of conditions of IRN under Form Cos 4A, the importer shall provide the statement of details of cosmetics imported annually to the Central Licensing Authority. However, it has been observed that the details of cosmetics imported annually by such importers are not being provided to this office, it said.
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