FINAL DRAFT UGANDA 
STANDARD  
  FDUS EAS 346 
First  Edition  
2013-mm-dd 
 
 Reference number  
FDUS EAS 346: 2013 
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Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
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Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is a parastatal under the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and 
Industry established under Cap 3 27, of the Laws of Uganda. UNBS is mandated to co-ordinate the elaboration 
of standards and is  
(a) a member of International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and  
(b) a contact point for the WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission on Food Standards, and  
(c) the National Enquiry Point on TBT/SPS Agreements of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). 
The work of preparing Uganda Standards is carried out through Technical Committees. A Technical 
Committee is established to deliberate on standards in a given field or area and consists of representatives of 
consumers, traders, academicians, manufacturers, government and other stakeholders. 
Draft Uganda Standards adopted by the Technical Committee are widely circulated to stakeholders and the 
general public for comments. The committee reviews the comments before recommending the draft standards 
for approval and declaration as Uganda Standards by the National Standards Council. 
This Final Draft Uganda Standard, FDUS EAS 346: 2013, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements , is 
identical with  and has been r eproduced from an East African  Standard, EAS 346: 2013, Labelling of cosmetics 
— General requirements , and is being proposed for adoption as a Uganda Standard.  
Wherever the words, “ East African Standard" appear, they should be replaced by "Uganda Standard."  EAS 346 : 2013 
ICS 71.100.70  
HS 3302  
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EAST AFRICAN STANDARD  
Labelling of cosmetics  — General requirements  
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY  
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 Foreword  
Development of the East African  Standards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods and services are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
In order to achieve this objective, the Community established an East African Standards Committee mandated 
to develop and issue East African Standards.   
The Committee is composed of representati ves of the National Standards Bodies in Partner States, together 
with the representatives from the private sectors and consumer organizations. Draft East African Standards 
are circulated to stakeholders through the National Standards Bodies in the Partner States. The comments 
received are discussed and incorporated before finalization of standards, in accordance with the procedures 
of the Community.  
East African Standards are subject to review, to keep pace with technological advances. Users of the East 
African Standards are therefore expected to ensure that they always have the latest versions of the standards 
they are implementing .  
EAS 346 was prepared by Technical Committee EAS/TC 071, Cosmetics and cosmetic products . 
This second edition cancels and re places the first edition (EAS 34 6:2004), which has been technically revised.  
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 Labelling of cosmetics  — General requirements  
1 Scope  
This East African Standard specifies requirements for the labelling of cosmetic products . 
2 Application  
This East African S tandard applies to all cosmetic products as defined in 4.1 and specified in EAS 334 . 
3 Normative references  
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated 
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced 
document (including any amendments) applies.  
EAS 334  List by category of cosmetic products  
4 Terms and definitions  
For the purpose s of this  East African  Standard, the following terms and definitions shall apply . 
4.1 
cosmetic product  
any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the  human 
body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the  mucous 
membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming  them, changing 
their appearance and/or correcting body odours and/or protecting them or keeping  them in good condition  
4.2 
ingredient  
any chemical substance or preparation of synthetic or natural origin, used in the composition of cosmetic 
products, and present in the final product  
4.3 
responsible person  
manufacturer,  manufacturer's agent, person who first supplies the cosmetic product in  the EAC region,  if the 
manufacturer and (where applicable) the person to whose order the product is manufactured are outside the 
EAC region , and the manufacturer has no agent in the region  
4.4 
claim  
any message or representation including pictorial,  graph ic, symbolic or any form of representation, which 
states, suggests or implies that a cosmetic has particular characteristics relating to its origin,  function, nature, 
composit ion or any other characteristics  
4.5 
composition of a cosmetic  
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 4.6 
container  
bottle, jar, box, packet, sachet or other receptacle which contains or is to contain a cosmetic  
4.7 
cosmetic  
any article intended to be used by means of rubbing,  pouring, steaming, sprinkling, s praying on or otherwise 
applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting  attractiveness or altering 
the appearance and includes any article intended for use as component of a cosmetic, such article exclude 
articles intend ed beside the above purposes for use in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of diseases and 
those intended to affect the structure or any  function of the body  
4.8 
leaflet of a cosmetic  
any written information related to a cosmetic  
4.9 
manufacturer of co smetic  
all operations involved in the production, processing, compounding, formulating, filling, refining, transforming, 
packing, packaging, repackaging and labelling of the cosmetics  
4.10 
package  
any box, packet or any other article in which one or  more c ontainers of cosmetics are to be enclosed in one or 
more other  boxes, packets or article in question, the collective number thereof  
4.11 
fragrance  
a substance used as an ingredient of cosmetic solely  to impart odour to the product  
4.12 
label of a cosmetic  
any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, writte n, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or 
impressed on or attached to a container of any cosmetic  
4.13 
“INCI”  
International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient  
4.14 
“CFTA”  
Cosmetic, Toiletry  and Fragrance Association  
5 Labelling and marking  
5.1 General  requirements  
5.1.1 The labelling shall be in English, Kiswahili or French , or in combination as agreed between the 
manufacturer and supplier.  Any other language shall be optional.  
5.1.2 The res ponsible person shall provi de to the competent authority, the product ’s information as defined 
in Annex A . 
5.1.3 The cosmetic products shall not be described or presented on any label by words, pictorial   and other 
devices, in a manner that is deceptive, f alse, misleading or is likely to create an erroneous  impression 
regarding its character in any respect.  EAS 346 : 2013 
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 5.1.4 Where it is impracticable, for reasons of size or shape, for the particulars outlined in 4.2 to appear on 
the package or container, those particul ars shall appear on a label, tag, tape, or car d attached to the product, 
or an enclosed leaflet.  
5.1.5 The information in Clause 4 shall be provided in addition to any other labelling requirements outlined 
in specific East African standards.  
5.2 Specific r equirements  
All containers or packages packed with cosmetic products shall be labelled and marked with the following 
information  in indelible, easily legible and visible lettering : 
a) name of the cosmetic product ; 
b) type of the cosmetic  product ; 
c) intended use of  the cosmetic  product ; 
d) instructions of use of the cosmetic  product , where applicable ; 
e) net content given by wei ght or volume, in metric system ; 
f) name and address of the manufacturer,  importer and/or distributor ; 
g) country of  origin ; 
h) batch number in code or ot herwise ; 
i) precautions and warnings , where applicable ; 
j) storage condition where applicable ;  
k) date of manufacture in the form ”mm/yyyy” ;  
l) expiry/ best be fore date in the form ”mm/yyy ” : 
i. products that have a shelf life of 30 months and less shall be marked with the expiry date. The 
manufacturer or his agent or the person to whose order a Cosmetic product is manufactured or 
the person responsible for placing an imported cosmetic product on the market shall ensure that 
the information outlined in Annex A is easily accessible to the competent authority ; and  
ii. for products with a shelf life greater than 30 months: The best before date shall be labelled, and 
the manufacturer, his agent or the person to whose order a cosmetic product is manufactured or 
the person responsi ble for placing an imported cosmetic product on the market shall provide a 
dossier containing the information outlined in Annex A to the competent authority before placing 
the product on the market ; 
m) list of ingred ients :  
i. the list of ingredients shall be de clared in descending order of weight at the time they are
 added. That list shall be preceded by the word "ingredients". The INCI label names shall be 
used.  
NOTE INCI refers to International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients  
ii. the following shall not, howe ver, be regarded as ingredients;  
 impurities in the raw materials used ; EAS 346 : 2013 
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  subsidiary technical materials used in the preparation but not present in the final product ; 
and 
 materials used in strictly necessary quantities as solvents or as carriers for perfume a nd 
aromatic compounds ; 
iii. if however, any of the above or any other substance not declared in the list of ingredients  as part 
of the composition is found in significant amount, the cosmetic shall be declared non -conforming 
to this standard ; 
iv. perfume and aromat ic compositions and their raw materials shall be referred to by the word 
"perfume" or "flavour". Ingredients in concentrations of less than 1 % may be listed in any order 
after those in concentrations of more than 1 %; and  
v. colouring agents may be listed in  any order after the other ingredients, For decorative cosmetic 
products marketed in several colour shades, all colouring agents used in the range may be 
listed, provided that the terms "may contain" are added, or the symbol +/ -. 
 
 
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 Annex A  
(normative)  
 
Information on cosmetic products  
Confidential  
Part I  
Name of applicant  
Business address.  
Telephone Number  
Name of product  
Type of formulation  
Presentation of the product  
Identification (physical appearance of the product)  
Name and business address of manufac turer 
Country of origin  
Is the product authorized to be on the market in the country of origin?  
If yes, attach certificate of analysis. If not, state the reasons below:  
Part II  
The names and structural formulae of the ingredients are as follows:  
Approved o r chemical  
name  INCI 
Name  Structural  
Formula  Quantity  
    
 
Part III  
Physical, chemical and microbiological specifications for all the raw materials used in the manufacturing 
process are as follows:  
Part IV  
Analytical control procedures which are performe d on all raw materials before they are used in manufacturing 
process are as follows:  EAS 346 : 2013 
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Analytical control procedures and the frequency with which they are performed during the manufacturing 
process are as follows:  
Part VI  
Full physical, chemical and m icrobiological specifications of final manufactured product are as follows: 
(mention also the purity and microbiological criteria of the finished cosmetic product).  
Part VII  
The analytical procedures which are performed on the final manufactured product ar e as follows:  
Part VIII  
The inferred shelf -life of the product is as follows:  
Part IX  
A summary of the experimental details and results of tests performed on the product to confirm its shelf -life 
and stability is as follows:  
Part X  
Summaries of the method of manufacture and packaging are as follows:  
Part XI  
Existing data on undesirable effects on human health resulting from use of the cosmetic product is as  follows:  
Part XII  
Particulars of the tests conducted for assessment of the safety for human health of  the finished product. A 
summary of the nature of the tests, by whom conducted and where, results etc should be given. To this end, 
the manufacturer shall take into consideration the general toxicological profile of the ingredients, the chemical 
structure and its level of exposure.  
Part XIII  
The name and address of the qualified person(s) responsible for the assessment referred to in Part XII. That person 
must hold a diploma in the field of toxicology, dermatology, medicine or a similar discipline.  
Part XIV  
Proof of the effect claimed for the cosmetic product, where justified by the nature of the effect or product.  EAS 346 : 2013 
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 The undersigned here declares that all the information contained herein is correct to the best of my knowledge 
and belief.  
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Date of application                                                   Signature of applicant and designation  
 
NOTE A separate application is required for each cosmetic product.  EAS 346 : 2013 
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 Bibliography  
Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30th November 2009 on 
cosmetic products  
 
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