80年5月立法院通過化妝品衛生管理條例部份條文修正案，授權衛生署對於一些未含有醫療或毒劇藥品之化妝品，得免除上市前備案許可之程序。衛生署亦於80年8月公告明定化妝品之範圍及種類，並詳列色予申請備查之一般化妝類別品目。化妝品衛生管理自此邁入一新階段，藥物食品檢驗局負責全國各類化妝品之檢驗業務，藉此管理制度新舊更替之際，將現行抽驗化妝品檢驗概況詳加敘述，並依照化妝品類別、抽驗地區等分別統計三年(77～79年度)共1722件抽驗檢體之檢驗結果，分析其不合格原因及其對民眾使用之影響，期能對化妝品製造業或政府之化妝品管理有所助益。統計結果顯示化妝品檢驗不合格率平均達20.3％，而以含藥化妝品之不合格率(平均44.3％)較一般化妝品不合格率(平均11.3％)高出甚多，其中燙髮及染髮用劑最高，分別佔此期間檢驗不合格較多，不合格情形中，或含有不符規定之氧化染髮、殺菌劑成分(23.9％)，或含甲醇、Freon成分(46.5％)，或含汞鹽者(5.0％)居多，本報告並就化妝品檢體來源之地區加以分析其不合格率，雖因檢體未具絕對代表性多以統計檢定，其不合格案件之分佈情形仍有其參考價值。

　　　　　Recent Amendment of Law for the Control ofCosmetic hygiene delegates the Department of Health with authority to exemptpremarket requirement on certain general cosmetics which do not containmedicinal components. The Department of Health promulgated the PublicAnnouncement defining the scope and categories of cosmetics which are eligiblefor premarket exemption on August of 1992. The regulatory control of cosmetichygiene therefore entered a new milestone. As the National Laboratories of Foodsand Drugs is required by law to perform testings on cosmetic products, thisreport on laboratory findings of cosmetic quality was prepared to providelaboratory results of 1722 cosmetic samples colected by local health autoritiesand analyzed by the National Laboratories of Foods and Drugs during 1988 to1990. An average rate of 20.3% noncompliance with relevant cosmetic regulationswas found, and 44.3% and 11.3% noncompliant rate were found in MedicatedCosmetics and General cosmetics respectively. Among the concompliant MedicatedCosmetics, hair dye products and hair perms represnet the major causes ofnoncompliance, which shared 88.0% and 8.7% of noncompliant Medicated Cosmetics.As for the General Cosmetics, hair spray, hair liequid, and hair stylepreparations containing hazardous methanol or freon were the major causes ofnoncomliance (46.5%), followed by containing unlabelled hair dyes or antisepticingredients (23.9%), and facial creams containing mercury components (5.0%). Thereport also descreibes the distribution of noncompliant cosmetics among variousregions of Taiwan, though the testing samples may not be perfect representative,such results still bear certain reference pruposes for administrativeconsideration for further improvement.