ICS 71.100.40  
Y 43  
 
GB 
 
National Standardisation Technical Guidance 
Document of the People’s Republic of China  
 
GB/Z XXXX - 200X  
 
 
 
 
 
General requirements on raw materials of toothpaste  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issue Date: 200X – XX -XX              
 
 
Issued  by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and 
Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China and the Standardisation 
Administration of the People’s Republic of China  GB/Z XXXX – 200X    
 
Preface  
 
As an indispensable daily personal care product, the product q uality and hygienic 
safety of toothpaste are closely related to consumer health. This technical guidance 
document is hereby stipulated so as to ensure the safety of toothpaste products and to 
prevent the improper use of raw materials, which may endanger th e health of 
consumers.  
 
The stipulations of this technical guidance document mainly references the European 
Cosmetic Directive 76/768/EEC, by essentially adopting all of its technical 
requirements pertaining to raw materials without adopting its management  content, 
which is inappropriate as regards the situation in China. This technical guidance 
document is non -equivalent to the European Cosmetic Directive 76/768/EEC.  
 
During the drafting of this technical guidance document, full consistency with current 
state laws and regulations was undertaken and accounted for. Under the prerequisite 
of consistency with current laws, regulations and standards pertaining to toothpastes, 
it has referenced other related industrial laws and regulations appropriate to cosmeti cs, 
food, health care food and pharmaceuticals in China, in particular the Cosmetics 
Hygiene Regulation, 2007 Edition, issued by the Ministry of Health.  
 
This technical guidance document is for reference only. Any suggestions and 
comments should be sent to  the State Council in charge of standardisation.  
 
This technical guidance document is proposed by the China Light Industry Federation.  
 
This technical guidance document is under the jurisdiction of the National Toothpaste 
and Wax Product Standardisation Ce ntre. 
 
The main organisations in charge of drafting this standard include: Guangzhou 
Colgate -Palmolive Co. Ltd, Beijing Procter & Gamble Technology Co. Ltd, Liuzhou 
LMZ Co., Ltd, Unilever (China) Co. Ltd, Shanghai Toothpaste Factory of Shanghai 
White Cat C o. Ltd, Masson Group Co. Ltd, Chongqing Dencare  Oral Care Co., Ltd 
and the National Light Industry Toothpaste and Wax Product Quality Supervision and 
Test Centre.  
 
The main drafters of this standard are: Jiang Yifan and Sun Dongfang.  
 
This is the first iss ue of this technical guidance document.  
 
   GB/Z XXXX – 200X    
 
Specification on Raw Materials of Toothpaste  
 
1 Scope  
 
This technical guidance document specifies the requirements for the raw materials of 
toothpastes, including prohibited components, restricted components, autho rised 
preservatives and authorised pigments.  
 
This technical guidance document is applicable to the production and marketing of 
toothpaste.  
 
2 Normative References  
 
The provisions of the following documents become provisions of this standard after 
being refe renced. For dated reference documents, all later amendments (excluding 
corrigenda) and versions do not apply to this standard; however, the parties to the 
agreement are encouraged to study whether the latest versions of these documents are 
applicable. For non-dated reference documents, the latest versions apply to this 
standard.  
 
Decree No 3, 2002, of the Ministry of Health.  
 
3 Requirements  
 
3.1 The raw materials used in toothpaste should guarantee the safe utilisation of 
the finished product, namely that under normal and reasonable, foreseeable 
conditions, the use of toothpaste should not endanger human health.  
 
3.2 The prohibited components listed in Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3 may not be 
used as additives in the production of the raw materials used in toothpaste . 
With the provision of meeting State mandatory production requirements for 
cases in which it is technically unavoidable to prevent prohibited components 
in toothpaste from being added as impurities, the safe use of the finished 
toothpaste should be guaran teed, namely that under normal and reasonable, 
foreseeable conditions the use of the toothpaste should not endanger human 
health.  
 
3.3 All components listed in Table 4 as raw materials of toothpaste should 
conform to the provisions stipulated in the Table.  
 
3.4 The preservatives used in toothpaste should be found listed in the substances 
stipulated in Table 5, and should conform to the provisions of the Table.  
 
3.5 The pigments used in toothpaste should be found listed in the substances 
stipulated in Table 6, and sho uld conform to the provisions of the Table.