Glossary · Regulation & Compliance
What Is Safety Substantiation?
Safety substantiation is the evidence a responsible person must hold showing that a cosmetic product is safe under its conditions of use. MoCRA requires it for every product, and in practice it draws on formula documentation, ingredient safety data, stability and microbiology results and the relevant market's testing expectations.
Why it matters when you source
This is the file a regulator or a retailer asks for when a product's safety is questioned, and it is assembled from the factory's batch-level documents. Confirm which of those documents your factory issues per order before assuming your own file is complete.
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