The Food and Drug Administration advised local cosmetic companies to ensure that notified products meet the labeling and packaging requirements stipulated under the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive.
Labeling is the information written or printed or graphic matter on the immediate or outer packaging and any form of leaflets, while immediate packaging is the container or other form immediately in contact with the cosmetic product. The outer packaging refers to where the immediate packaging is placed.
“Brand name is the name which may be invented or after a company name or a brand line or product line, and then the product name, this is what your product is… That’s the difference between brand name and product name for cosmetic establishments that will apply for product notification,” said FDA regulation officer II Maria Lynette Macabeo.
She said the ASEAN cosmetic labeling guidelines include product content in weight or volume, brand and product name of the cosmetic product and its function, batch number, manufacturing/expiry date of the product in clear terms, and country of manufacture.
