Indonesia revises its guidelines for cosmetic product information document

On 2 August 2023, the Indonesian Agency for Drug and Food Control (BPOM) published the revised guidelines on the information required for the cosmetics Product Information Document (DIP). The guidelines were under public consultation for nine months from 31 October 2022 till August 2023.

The Guidelines, which are divided into six chapters, sixteen articles, and an annex, are intended to aid cosmetic firms in creating and collecting DIPs and to offer direction to BPOM representatives during DIP evaluations. The DIP guidelines aim to protect the public from health risks associated with the distribution of cosmetics that do not meet safety, efficacy, and quality standards, particularly for the Agency for Drug and Food Control.  The updated version replaces the 2017 Regulation of the Head of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency Number 14 of 2017 regarding the requirements for cosmetic product information sheets.

A DIP as referred to in Article 3 of the guidelines consists of:

Part I: Administrative documents

Part II: Data on quality and safety of cosmetics ingredients

Part III: Cosmetic Quality Data

Part IV: Data on the safety and benefits of cosmetics

Article 5 calls for a DIP that is updated with changes to safety, usefulness, and quality data and is available in either Indonesian or English. All modifications must be recorded and integrated into the DIP. The DIP must be retained for at least a year after the final cosmetics manufacturing or import, whether it is electronic or non-electronic.