SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
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AUG 12 P3:54 
SENATE 
S.No. 
2900 
RECEIVED UY'=6-' 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING COSMETIC PACKAGING TO BEAR A WARNING LABEL 
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN INGREDIENTS 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 13, Section 11, states: 
The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to 
health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health 
and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost. There 
shall be priority for the needs of the under-privileged, sick, elderly, 
disabled, women, and children. The State shall endeavor to provide free 
medical care to paupers. 
An EDC (endocrine disrupting compound) is an anthropogenic chemical (human-
made compound or natural compounds at unnatural concentrations due to human activity) 
that may have an adverse effect on reproduction or development, mediated directly 
through the endocrine system of fish, wildlife, and humans. Based on some studies, it has 
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been found that some body care products and make-up products contain carcinogens and 
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hormone-disrupting chemicals, which may jeopardize the health of teenage girls. Since 
teenage girls typically experiment with various body care products, they tend to use a lot 
more than the average individual. The industry should bear the burden of proving its 
products safe just as the cigarette industry does.' 
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~IRIAM DEF\\N~ S'ANTJ<do 
1 This bill was originally filed in the Fourteenth Congress, Third Regular Session. 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Third Regular Session 
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·15 
AUG 12 P3:54 
SEN~OO 
S.No. ___ _ 
RECEIVED BY:_& 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING COSMETIC PACKAGING TO BEAR A WARNING LABEL 
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN INGREDIENTS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0/ Representatives 0/ the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Labeling a/Cosmetics. - No person, firm, or corporation shall sell 
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or offer for sale any cosmetic product containing D4 or D5 siloxanes, phthalates, 
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triclosan, parabens or synthetic chemical musks, unless there is printed on the package in 
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which such cosmetic is sold or offered for sale, the following warning: 
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"CAUTION -
USE ONLY AS DIRECTED. EXPOSURE TO AN 
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INGREDIENT CONTAINED IN THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN LINKED 
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TO HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING CERTAIN CANCERS, 
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REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS AND HORMONE DISRUPTION. KEEP 
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OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN." 
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SECTION 2. Penalty. - Any violation of this Act shall be penalized with a fine 
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of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (1.'500,000.00) for the first violation. A subsequent 
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violation 
shall 
be 
penalized 
with 
closure 
of the 
business 
establishment 
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selling/manufacturing the cosmetic product concerned. This Act shall be enforced by the 
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Department of Health. 
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SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, and issuances, or 
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portions thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby 
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repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
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SECTION 4. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held 
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invalid or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the 
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other provisions hereof. 
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SECTION 5. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
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after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general 
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circulation. 
Approved, 
l,apt7 Aug20 15 
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