▲ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has caught companies that have labeled and advertised cosmetics beyond the limits of the Cosmetics Act, such as violating descriptions while selling cosmetics or making advertisements that may cause consumers to misperceive them as medicines.

[CosinKorea.com Reporter Lee Hyo-jin] Companies selling cosmetics have been caught by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety one after another for labeling and advertising that crossed the line of the Cosmetic Act, such as violating the description or advertising that may cause consumers to misperceive it as a medicine. .

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that from November 9th to 30th, Healthy Life Research Institute, Numeruno, Wunder Euro Direct Purchase, Brand 501, BGT Company, Young Silup, YJN, One Medico, J&J Nature Cosmetics, Jindam, K It was announced that 12 companies (in order of company name), including Village and Kosman, were caught violating the Cosmetics Act and administrative measures such as suspension of sales and advertising were imposed.

# Point out cosmetics advertisements with ‘unproven product photos before and after use’

According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, on November 9, it was belatedly confirmed that Kosman had advertised the 'Raw Material Workshop Tea Tree Green Body Mist' product that may have misled consumers, and the product's advertising business was suspended for two months (November 27 - 2024). was sanctioned on January 26, 2012.

A day later, on November 10, five companies, including Numeruno, Young Industry, J&J Nature Cosmetics, Healthy Life Research Institute, and One Medico, were listed on the administrative disposition list.

Among these, Young Industry Cosmetic Cosmetics sells the product 'Secret Makeup Hand Ring Cushion', which is specifically labeled as a product that can be used by children (age of use: 6 years or older), but does not list the content of 'sorbic acid', a preservative, on the packaging. violated the written information. Accordingly, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety suspended sales of ‘Secret Makeup Hand Cushion’ by Young Sil for 15 days (November 24 to December 8).

Numeruno and J&J Nature Cosmetics became problematic because they had advertisements that could be misperceived by consumers. It was confirmed that Numeruno sold ‘SS Anute Scalp Scaling Serum’ on its online sales page and advertised it in a way that could mislead consumers.

In addition, J&J Nature Cosmetics sells 'Konnip Polyphenol Repair Cream' on the Internet sales page, posts unproven photos before and after use of the product on the product sales page, and conducts advertisements on the product description page that may mislead consumers. did.

Both Numeruno and J&J Nature Cosmetics violated the Cosmetics Act, and each was banned from advertising the products in question for two months (November 24 to January 23, 2024).

Healthy Life Research Institute and One Medico sold 'Atonet (Calendura) Scalp Cleansing Oil' and 'Clavian Accuderm Cream' on their online sales pages, respectively, and advertised products that could cause consumers to misperceive them as medicines. there is. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety judged this to be a 'violation of the ban on unfair labeling and advertising' and issued a 3-month suspension (November 24 to February 23, 2024) to the Healthy Life Research Institute and One Medico from advertising for the product. .

# ‘Ads that may cause misidentification of medicines’ detected one after another

On November 13, Brand 501 sold two cosmetic items, including 'Dr. Melaxin Cement Calcium Volume Ampoule', through its website and meta page, and did not clearly disclose the target and standards of comparison when comparing them with competing products. It became a problem because it advertised content that could be misunderstood as a medicine.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety granted Brand 501 a 2-month ban (November 27 - January 26, 2024) for 'Dr. Melaxin Cement Calcium Volume Ampoule' and 3 months (November 27) for 'Dr. Melaxin Exosome Trace Ampoule'. Advertising work has been suspended from (Sunday to February 26, 2024).

BGT Company, Wunder Euro Direct Purchase, and K-Village were included in the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's administrative disposition list on November 14, 16, and 27 for 'advertising that raised concerns about drug misunderstanding' and received a '3-month suspension from advertising for the product.'

On November 28, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety caught Jindam in violation of the Cosmetics Act. This is because it was confirmed that the cosmetic ‘Rahatz Dead Sea Salt Bath Salt (Lavender)’ was sold with false information on the primary packaging. Accordingly, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety seriously suspended the sales of ‘Rahatz Dead Sea Salt Bath Salt (Lavender)’ for one month (December 8 to January 7, 2024).

On November 29, a problem arose over YJ&'s unfair advertising practices for 'Wieliczka Sconsalt (Natural, Melon, Aloe, Green Tea, Orange, Rose, Milk Almond)', which may have been misperceived as a medicine. The product was subject to an administrative disposition of 3 months (December 11 to March 10, 2024).

Status of administrative dispositions for violations of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's Cosmetics Act (November 9 to November 30)