Global evidence map

Cosmetic ingredient regulations by country

Compare where cosmetic ingredient rules come from, what each source legally means and whether usable English material exists.

Important: an inventory listing is not approval, and no matching record is not evidence that an ingredient is permitted. Always open the cited official source.

Market coverage

European Union

Live dataset

European Commission

EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 annexes and the CosIng discovery database.

Language: English and EU languages
Local ingredient rows: 2353
Mapped sources: 12
Coverage: Complete annex dataset

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Great Britain

Live dataset

Office for Product Safety and Standards

GB rules must be versioned separately from EU rules as they diverge.

Language: English
Local ingredient rows: 2329
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete consolidated annex dataset

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Canada

Live dataset

Health Canada

The Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist records administrative prohibitions and restrictions.

Language: English and French
Local ingredient rows: 580
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete Hotlist snapshot

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New Zealand

Live dataset

Environmental Protection Authority

Official group-standard schedules cover prohibited, restricted and positive-list substances.

Language: English
Local ingredient rows: 2913
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete schedules dataset

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ASEAN

Live dataset

ASEAN Cosmetic Committee / national regulators

Regional annexes require member-state effective-date and deviation checks.

Language: English and national languages
Local ingredient rows: 2224
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete regional annex dataset

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China

Live dataset

National Medical Products Administration

IECIC is an inventory, not a blanket permission or safety decision.

Language: Chinese with selected English material
Local ingredient rows: 1393
Mapped sources: 3
Coverage: Complete prohibited catalogues plus official-source workflow

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Japan

Live dataset

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

The Standards for Cosmetics include prohibited and restricted ingredient appendices.

Language: Japanese; official English translation available
Local ingredient rows: 117
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete Standards appendices dataset

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South Korea

Live dataset

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

The Korean source remains canonical; English-only material is incomplete.

Language: Korean with some English names
Local ingredient rows: 1320
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete current appendix dataset

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United States

Live dataset

Food and Drug Administration

The US has no EU-style general approved-ingredient catalogue.

Language: English
Local ingredient rows: 99
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete enumerated federal ingredient rules

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Australia

Live dataset

Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme

AICIS inventory status is not cosmetic approval and is presented as context only.

Language: English
Local ingredient rows: 125
Mapped sources: 3
Coverage: Complete cosmetic-relevant Poisons Standard subset plus official workflow

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Brazil

Live dataset

ANVISA

ANVISA materials require Portuguese-source verification and separate regulatory lists.

Language: Portuguese with INCI crosswalks
Local ingredient rows: 1387
Mapped sources: 3
Coverage: Complete prohibited dataset plus current restricted-list workflow

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India

Live dataset

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation

Cosmetics Rules and gazette updates are authoritative; some standards may require separate access.

Language: English and Hindi
Local ingredient rows: 1931
Mapped sources: 2
Coverage: Complete current Part 2 dataset plus official workflow for Parts 1, 3 and 4

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Saudi Arabia

Live dataset

Saudi Food and Drug Authority

SFDA publishes dated prohibited and restricted ingredient lists.

Language: Arabic and English
Local ingredient rows: 2090
Mapped sources: 1
Coverage: Complete official list index

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