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Cosmetics traders have demanded to bring these two industries under separate laws, instead of the laws that are applicable to both drugs and cosmetics.
They made this call at a seminar titled “Proposed Medicines and Cosmetics Act-2023: Bangladesh Context and Future Impact,” organised by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in the city on Sunday.
Participating in an open discussion in the seminar, the businessmen said according to the proposed Medicines and Cosmetics Act-2023 Sections 31-35, for the production, distribution, imports or exports of cosmetics and the factories, businesses or shop owners engaged in this work should be registered and licensed with the Directorate of Medicines Administration.
But the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has been providing all necessary licenses for cosmetics under the BSTI Act 2018. A new regulator on the same subject will only create another layer and increase the cost and complexity of doing business, they claimed.
Addressing the event as the chief guest, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said, “Whenever any law is made, it is made for the welfare of the people. The function of the health ministry is to provide and ensure the health of the people of Bangladesh.
Zahid Maleque added, “The law is in the final stage, before this law is passed, I am calling for the presence of the representatives of the cosmetics sector in the meeting of the parliamentary standing committee.
