Vietnam: 4 principles of cosmetic sampling for the quality check

According to Article 36 of Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, cosmetic sampling for the quality check shall follow the 04 following principles:

1. Cosmetic sampling for quality checking or supervision must follow the principle of sampling random pattern and take pattern at different positions of the product lot.

2. The amount of pattern which is necessary to collect for analysis and archives basing on the checking requirement, quality standard, test method, but at least enough for the three-time-analysis or enough for implementation experiment which guarantee result accurate and trustworthy.

3. The pattern for analysis and archives must be put into the cover, tightly soldered, and labeled. The label of thing cover pattern must clearly state the product’s name, the name of the organization or the individual responsible for putting product on market, the lot number, the expiry of using, place of sampling, and date of sampling.

4. Make the minutes of cosmetic sampling in accordance with Appendix 09-MP: The cosmetic sampling minutes must clearly state the product’s name, the manufacture lot number, date of sampling, place of sampling, records of abnormal in sampling process, the signature and name of sampling person, the sampled organization’s representative, the seer (if necessary). The minutes is made into 03 versions : One version saved at organization of collecting pattern, one version saved at the consideration agency, one version saved at the cosmetic quality checking management agency.

View details at Circular No. 06/2011/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from April 01, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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