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  • Who are the main service targets?
    For brand owners or wholesalers, they can go to the product exhibition area and see the initial consumer experience evaluation of the product, and then ask for a sample. This sample only contains PIF packaging material compatibility and anti-corrosion efficacy tests. In the first stage (which only takes about two months), the product is ready to be launched, and there is no need to wait eight months for PIF.
  • Why conduct a consumer needs assessment? And consumer participatory experiences?
    In order to maintain and promote consumers' skin health, it is necessary to understand the relationship between consumers' skin conditions and living habits, and find solutions as a reference for cosmetics research and development. In addition, business operators who claim that their goods are as safe as can be reasonably expected based on the current technological or professional standards when they enter the market, or when their services are provided, bear the burden of proof for the facts they claim. The relevant regulatory laws are for consumers. Protection Act and Fair Trading Act.
  • How does measurement relate to advertising?
    The results of cosmetics effectiveness evaluation should be used as supporting evidence for cosmetics advertising. In order to safeguard the health of the Chinese people, protect the rights and interests of consumers, and maintain legal stability, Article 3 of the Criteria for Determining Cosmetic Labeling and Advertising Involving False Exaggeration or Medical Efficacy was formulated on June 4, 2019. It is determined that falsehood or exaggeration is involved: 1. Contrary to the facts Inconsistent, 2. There is no evidence or the evidence is insufficient to support 3. It exceeds the definition, type and scope of cosmetics in Article 3 of this Law 4. The words and phrases listed in Annex 1 involve affecting physiological functions or changing body structure.
  • What is PIF?
    Product Information File (PIF) contains a total of 16 items including product registration certification documents, quality testing, functional supporting information, and safety assessment information. According to Article 4 of the Cosmetic Hygiene and Safety Management Act, operators should establish product information files. Violators shall be fined not less than NT$10,000 but not more than NT$1 million in accordance with Article 23, and may be punished on a case-by-case basis; in serious cases, , and may be subject to suspension of business for a period of not less than one month but not more than one year, or order it to go out of business, cancel all or part of the registration information of its company, business, or factory, or revoke or cancel the registration or license of the cosmetics.
  • PIF is currently in the preparatory period and will not be officially implemented until 2015. Is it necessary to do PIF now?
    The effective date of the PIF system is based on the announcement content of "Cosmetic types and implementation dates for which product registration should be completed" and "Cosmetic types and implementation dates for which product information files should be established". According to Article 7-1 of the Consumer Protection Act, business operators who claim that their products are as safe as can be reasonably expected based on the current technological or professional standards when they enter the market, or when their services are provided, have the burden of proving the facts for their claims. Liability, therefore, although the PIF is in the preparation period, if a business operator violates the provisions of the Consumer Protection Law, produces goods or provides services that may endanger the life, body, and health of consumers, and affects the public, the central competent authority determines that the circumstances are serious, The central competent authority or the Executive Yuan may immediately order it to cease operations and promptly request consumer protection groups to file a consumer damage compensation lawsuit in its name. Article 4 of the Cosmetics Hygiene and Safety Management Act since 1998 stipulates that operators should establish product information files including cosmetics effectiveness evaluation. Violators shall be fined not less than NT$10,000 but not more than NT$1 million in accordance with Article 23. and may be punished on a case-by-case basis; if the circumstances are serious, the company may be suspended from business for a period of not less than one month but not more than one year, or be ordered to go out of business, all or part of the registration information of its company, business, or factory may be revoked, or the registration of the cosmetics may be revoked or revoked or license.
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