Editor's Note
This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “ANMAT Orders Withdrawal of Series of Children’s “, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
The National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) has ordered the immediate prohibition of the use, commercialization, advertising, publication on online sales platforms, and distribution throughout the national territory of a series of children's cosmetic products of Chinese origin. This action is due to the absence of health registration on their labels and the inability to guarantee their safety for consumers.
According to Disposition 1860/2026 published today in the Official Gazette, during recent market control inspections in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Cosmetics and Personal Hygiene Service detected the presence in stores of various products aimed at children that lacked health registration with the Argentine regulatory body.
Among the prohibited items are: "lip balm" lipsticks in the shape of a donut and unicorn face from the brand POLA AYIR; "lip gloss TASTY Rainbow Sugar" from MAGIC YOUR LIFE; lipsticks with applicator and keychain of STITCH and with a capybara doll from the brand RPK; "Strawberry moisturizing" lipstick from FAVOR BEAUTY; and an eyeshadow palette with a Hello Kitty drawing from the same brand.
These products, in all their presentations and net contents, may not be distributed or commercialized until they regularize their situation in accordance with current regulations.
The decision was made after it was confirmed that none of them appear in the database of cosmetics registered with ANMAT, which implies that their manufacturing, ingredients, and hygienic-sanitary conditions have not been evaluated by the competent authority. None of the mentioned articles displayed the national health registration number on their label.
Furthermore, inspections verified that the products were put on sale without the involvement of authorized importers or legal import authorization.
ANMAT warned that these illegitimate cosmetic products may pose a risk to users' health, as it is not possible to ensure they were manufactured under adequate hygienic-sanitary conditions or that their composition complies with ingredients permitted by Argentine regulation.
According to the agency, the absence of health registration prevents official control over any potential dangerous substance or contaminant in the cosmetics, which is especially critical as these are children's products.
The prohibition covers all commercial modalities, including sale on digital platforms, advertising, and physical distribution in stores.
In cases like this, ANMAT acts under the powers conferred by Decree No. 1490/92, which grants it competence to intervene in the surveillance, monitoring, and control of health products, including personal-use cosmetics.
The Directorate of Evaluation and Health Product Monitoring Management and the Summary Coordination participated in the procedure, as recorded in the inspection files.
The prohibition was communicated to the National Directorate of Regulatory Management and Control of the Undersecretariat of Consumer Defense and Commercial Loyalty of the Secretariat of Industry and Commerce, as well as to the National Directorate of the Official Registry for its publication in the Official Gazette.
It was also notified to provincial health authorities, the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and the Directorate of Evaluation and Health Product Monitoring Management, with the aim of ensuring the dissemination and compliance of the measure.
According to ANMAT, the protection of consumers, particularly children, requires tightening controls on personal-use products without health endorsement. The agency reiterated that imported cosmetics must comply with mandatory registration, ingredient analysis, and manufacturing condition evaluation before being placed on sale in the national territory.
The measure will remain in force until the involved products certify compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements demanded for their safe commercialization.
Source: Read the original article | Published: April 17, 2026