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  MICA In Japan/China/Korea

  Posted by SJD2023 on March 28, 2024 at 8:18 am

  I know it is a colorant in the US, but not a colorant in Europe.

  How about Japan, China and Korea? Colorant or not
  colorant?

  Herbnerd replied 3 weeks, 4 days ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  pma

  Member

  March 28, 2024 at 9:44 am

  Japan: Anti-caking agents, fillers, colorants, opacifiers, lubricants.

  But I’m not sure if it’s a regulatory classification. I don’t think there is regulatory classification for mica in Japan.

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  Herbnerd

  Member

  April 1, 2024 at 11:41 pm

  China is no problem - check the IECIC 2021 for the latest list of cosmetic ingredients

  Korea & Japan you need to check whether your product is classed as a quasi-drug. If it is, then you will need to find a pharmacopoeial monograph to support it. (I’ll save you time, there isn’t one for mica) in the Big 6 Pharmacopoeia permitted in Korea (KP, JP, BP, USP, EP and the German Pharmacopiea (I think that was the last one).

  Korea is very tough, even tissues are classed as quasi drugs. Japan does have some cosmetic regulations as well as quasi-drugs.

  Japanese Cosmetic Ingredient

  list https://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/2008/04/dl/tp0407-3a.pdf

  https://www.jcia.org/user/business/ingredients/namelist

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