Toilet paper, papertowel, cotton swab, disposable diaper, paper napkin, disposable spoons, forks, knives,chopsticks, dish detergent, dishwasher rinse aid etc.

Proposed enactment of the "Cleansing & Hygiene Products Control Act" (26 pages, in Korean)

The name of the Public Health Act, which regulated control ofcleansing & hygiene products, will be changed to the Cleansing & Hygiene Products ControlAct, and following articles will be added to the Act.The main proposed enactment of the "Hygiene Products Control Act" is as follows:a) Introduce the added list of cleansing & hygiene products to be regulated under theAct (Disposable straw, toilet paper, paper towel, cotton swab, disposable diaper etc.will be regulated under the Act).b) The Act stipulates that those who import cleansing & hygiene products to beregulated by the Act. Also, importers should notify their businesses to competentauthorities.c) Under the Act, dish detergents and dishwasher rinse aid manufacturers shouldsubmit the list of their products.d) Local governments may direct not less than six month of temporary prohibition ofproduction when manufactures failed to comply with paragraph of standard ofspecification, labelling requirements, false claims, or when manufactures failed tomeet the standard of their in-house quality control (these are paragraph 9 to 12 ofthe Act).