Brazil's Cosmetic & PCP Regulation
In Brazil, Cosmetics are regulated by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) under Resolution RDC 7/2015 that was amended by Resolution RDC 237/2018 related to personal hygiene products, cosmetics and fragrances market authorization in Brazil. Foreign manufacturers that want to import cosmetics products into Brazil need to assign an Authorized Local Agent who will handle their products’ registration in the country.
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| Document Title | Description | Issued by | Available Languages | Download |
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| RDC No. 7/2015: Technical Requirements for Authorization of Personel Care Products, Cosmetics and Parfumes | Technical Requirements for Authorization of Personel Care Products, Cosmetics and Parfumes. | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
| RDC No. 312/2019: Validity period of regularization of personal hygiene products, cosmetics, and perfumes. | Validity period of regularization of personal hygiene products, cosmetics, and perfumes in Brazil | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
| RDC No. 15/2015: Technical Requirements for children's Personal Care products, Cosmetics and Perfumes. | This Resolution establishes the technical requirements related to the formulation, safety and labeling of children's personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes. | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
| RDC No. 92/2008: General rules for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Personal Hygiene products, Cosmetics and Perfumes, manufactured in Brazil and intended exclusively for export. | Personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes of grade 1 and grade 2 manufactured in the Country and destined exclusively for export, do not need to be notified or registered with ANVISA. | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
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| RDC No. 19/2013: Technical Requirements for Insect repellent (Cosmetic products) Registration. | This Resolution establishes the minimum technical requirements related to safety, efficacy and labeling for the concession of registration of insect repellent cosmetic products. | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
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| Normative Instruction No. 64/2020: List of permitted Active Ingredients in Cosmetic hair products used to straighten or curl hair. | This Normative Instruction establishes, in Annex, the “List of allowed active ingredients in cosmetic products to straighten or curl the hair” and the requirements for its use. | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
| RDC No. 409/2020: Procedures and Requirements for Cosmetic products related to straighten or curl the hair. | This Resolution provides for procedures and requirements for the regularization of cosmetic products to straighten or curl the hair. | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
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| RDC No. 481/1999: Established parameters for microbiological control of Cosmetics products | Considering the need to establish parameters for microbiological control of cosmetic products in Brazil | Anvisa | English | For Sale |
GRP WHITEPAPER: REGISTRATION OF COSMETICS IN BRAZIL
The Brazilian beauty industry represents more than 2% of the country’s GDP. The Brazilian Cosmetic market is projected to overtake Japan as second place in the world in the next 2 years. According to the Brazilian Association of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Industry, beauty products consumption in Brazil, is driven by new beauty trends, particularly those related to social media.