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Cosmetics in China: prohibited substances, plants and animals

In China, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) publishes a catalogue of substances prohibited in cosmetics and a catalogue of prohibited plants and animals (Announcement 2021 No 74), supplemented in 2023, 2024 and 2026. The 2015 tables of restricted substances, preservatives, UV filters and colourants are not included: they mix in entries since repealed. Announcement 2026 No 6 of 12 January 2026, adding prohibitions applicable in 2027 and 2028, is not yet included: the NMPA website blocks automated access and no official copy could be read.

For information only: these rules do not affect sales in France. 1,400 included entries, source text reproduced unchanged.

China, NMPA catalogues of prohibited cosmetic ingredients (2021 No. 74, revised up to 2026), retrieved 22 October 2026.

Source: 国家药品监督管理局 (NMPA); plant catalogue as reprinted by the Trade and Industry Department of Hong Kong; table formatted by the publisher of this site.

表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 (substances interdites, 2021年第74号)

表2 化妆品禁用植(动)物原料目录 (plantes et animaux interdits, 2021年第74号)

表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 · ajout 2023年第41号

表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 · note ajoutée 2023年第41号

表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 · ajout 2024年第12号

表1 化妆品禁用原料目录 · entrée remplacée 2026年第48号 (en vigueur 2026-07-01)

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