MINUTES OF MEMBERS MEETING HELD ON 20th May 2009
AT HOTEL SINGGAHSANA, PETALING JAYA
PRESENT
Company
Name
E.L.Keh, Liew Shin Yee
1 Alliance Cosmetics Sdn Bhd
Norsiah Ahmad
2 Amway (M) Sdn Bhd
Zarrah Banu, Khairul Izlan
3 Avon Cosmetics (M) Sdn Bhd
Lim You Goang, Rosni
4 Beauty Specialist Distributors Sdn Bhd
Jacqueline Tai, Shinny
5 Blue Oasis (M) Sdn Bhd
Sam Kok Hong
6 Cambert (M) Sdn Bhd
Florence Lim
7 Celmonze Sdn Bhd
Yip, Joanne
8 Cheerful Trading Sdn Bhd
Beyen Ow
9 Clarins Sdn Bhd
Rosita Hassan
10 CNI Venture Sdn Bhd
Susan Wong, Carin Ong
11 Cofran Sdn Bhd
Hamidah Minhaj, PC Ng
12 Colgate Palmolive (M) Sdn Bhd
Lai Soon Ling
13 Cosmopolitan Cosmetics Pte Ltd
Soo Hoong Kun
14 Cosway (M) Sdn Bhd
Joey Foo
15 Dart Far East Sdn.Bhd
Jane Ng Bee Hong
16 DCM Personal Care
Tan Sue Shien
17 Delfi Marketing Sdn Bhd
June Fu, Raine See
18 Dermal Esthetica Sdn Bhd
Maggie Wang
19 Elken Sdn Bhd
Kartina Yaali
20 Envico Enterprise
Rachael Tan
21 Esplanade Avenue Sdn Bhd
Chin Siew Fui
22 Ginvera Marketing Enterprise Sdn.Bhd
Patrick Liew
23 Glamour Prestige Sdn Bhd.
24 Hong Kong Sa Sa (M) Sdn Bhd
Suhaini Soid
YC Teh
25 Kose (M) Sdn Bhd
Kevin Wong
26 Laponie Marketing Sdn Bhd
Stacy Tan
27 L’oreal Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Lee Bee Chin, Chin Wai Fun
28 Luxasia (M) Sdn Bhd
Saw Siew Keng
29 Luxor Beauty World Sdn Bhd
30 LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics (M) Sdn Bhd Lai Swee Kian
Tey Ay Sha, Tay Yi Shing
31 Maestro Laboratories Sdn Bhd
Carmen Tan, Jaymee Choi
32 Mandom (M) Sdn Bhd
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33 Naturalife Solution
Sdn Bhd
34 Procter & Gamble (M) Sdn Bhd
35 Shiseido Malaysia Sdn Bhd
36 Thalgo Cosmetic (Sea) Sdn Bhd
37 Unilever (M) Holdings SdnBhd.
38 Unza (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
39 Yves Rocher (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Nordiyana Bt Ahmad
Revathi Gunasekaran
Kamarul Ariffin, Averilla
Cyndy Chee, Tan Ai Vee
Intan Shuhuda Yunus
Noor Aizah
Christine Cheong, Janice Koo
ABSENT
1 10B International (M) Sdn Bhd
2 Apex Pharmacy Marketing Sdn Bhd
3 A.P.Cosmetics (M) Sdn.Bhd.
4 Best World Lifestyle Sdn Bhd
5 Cosbel Le Specialiste Marketing
6 Cosmetic Resources Sdn Bhd
7 Connell Bros Co.Ltd
8 Crabtree & Evelyn (M) Sdn Bhd
9 DXN Marketing Sdn Bhd
10 Fruitful Marketing Sdn Bhd
11 Henkel (M) Sdn Bhd.
12 Hoe Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd
13 Johnson & Johnson
14 Kao (M) Sdn Bhd
15 Luprim Sdn Bhd
16 Mary Kay (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd
17 Martina Berto (M) Sdn Bhd
18 Maxiform Sdn Bhd
19 Melilea (M) Sdn Bhd
20 Mode Circle Sdn Bhd
21 New
Skin Cosmetics Sdn Bhd
22 Nu Skin (M) Sdn Bhd
23 Nutri-Metics Worldwide (M) Sdn Bhd
24 Obagi (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
25 Pro Beau Sdn Bhd
26 Pacific Cosmetics (M) Sdn Bhd
27 Pure Care Health & Beauty Sdn Bhd
28 P.T.Mustika Ratu
29 Rampai Niaga Sdn Bhd
30 Rina Skincare (M) Sdn Bhd
31 Shaklee Products Malaysia S/B
32 Sky Resources Sdn Bhd
33 Strata Pro Sdn Bhd
34 Suria Meriang Sdn Bhd
35 Starlight Cosmetics Sdn Bhd
36 Taiway Marketing Co Ltd
37 Unique Conversion Sdn Bhd
38 Watson’s Personal Care Store S/B
39 Wayco Manufacturing
40 Yakin Invest
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MINUTES OF THE MEMBERS MEETING HELD ON 20th May 2009
AT HOTEL SINGGAHSANA, PETALING JAYA, SELANGOR
The meeting commenced at 11.00am. The President welcomed and thanked the members for
their attendance and also apologized for some of the Board Members absence due to their
company commitments.
Members were asked to review the minutes of the last meeting on 11th March 2009. There
being no objections raised, the minutes were adopted by Christine Cheong of Yves Rocher
(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and seconded by Rachael Tan of Esplanade Avenue Sdn Bhd.
Updates from the Board meeting:Membership Certificate:
The Board has approved on the quotation of CTFA Membership Certificate. The development
of artwork and design is at RM300, whilst printing for 300pcs is at RM500 which is about
RM2/- per pc of certificate for printing charges.
Medical Device Workshop
Malaysia Medical Device Association organized a Pre-Meeting Workshop from 30th – 31st
March 2009 in conjunction with the 9th Asean Consultative Committee on Standards and
Quality Medical Device Working Group Meeting from 1st April – 3rd April 2009 in Penang.
PC Ng a member from Colgate Palmolive attended this workshop and he will shared to the
members the slides presentation of the workshop on an overview of the Asean Medical Device
Directives and what are their plans and how it will impact some of our members in future if the
Asean Directives and Malaysia’s Act of Medical Device is implemented.
Malaysian Standards on Hallal Cosmetics & Personal Care Part 1
SIRIM Berhad organized an Awareness Seminar on MS 2200: Islamic Consumer Goods – Part
1: Cosmetic and Personal Care – General Guidelines held on 24th March 2009.
The objectives of this seminar was to create awareness among consumers and to provide an
overview on the introduction of the MS 2200: Islamic Consumer Goods – Part 1: Cosmetic and
Personal Care - General Guidelines. Noor Aizah has attended this seminar and will share to
the members on the updates.
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12TH ACC/ACSB Meetings
This year is Malaysia’s turn to host the 12th Asean Cosmetic Committee / Asean Cosmetic
Scientific Body meeting which will be held on 23rd to 25th June 2009 at the Prince Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur. The ACSB looks into the technical issues on cosmetics and personal care and will
make recommendations. These recommendations will be presented to the ACC Committee
that comprises of National Authorities, Representatives from the Industries and CTFA is part
of the Malaysian delegation to the ACC & ACSB.
It is encouraged that members attend this meetings as the topics are related to cosmetics and
personal care. Letter of Invitation and Registration Forms are already email to all members in
May and Members are advised to notify Janice of their participation so that we could inform
Puan Anis the number of participants from CTFA.
CTFA will volunteer to help BPFK to organize the official dinner on 24th June 2009. We are
getting an Entertainer and also seeking support from members on door gifts for the event. We
are looking at approximate of 250 pcs of doorgifts. Based on previous years the official
number of participants ranges between 100 – 150 pax, the remaining gifts will be for VIPs or
guests or special draws and also for the bureau staff involved in helping to organize the entire
event. Deadline of delivery is on 12th June and the venue for delivery will be advised later to
members.
Governmental Affairs
The Brand Protection committee is working closely with MDTCA in meetings. MDTCA has
set up two task force, the Public Education Committee and the Enforcement Committee.
CTFA is involved in the Public Education Committee and this Task Force is led by MICCI.
MICCI together with MDTCA are planning a workshop to educate the public on what are the
counterfeit products in the market in June 2009 and we were invited to speak on the subject of
counterfeits in general. The BM agree not to work with them because the impact to us is not
good as it will give an impression that we have much counterfeit in the market. We like to
put focus on stop of importation of counterfeit cosmetics products from coming in at our entry
points.
We are happy that MDTCA has taken note of our concerns and has agreed to have a Task
Force to curb parallel imports and The Customs Department is assigned to set up this Task
Force.
Government Visit
The Board members visited Puan Eishah Abd Rahman,
Farmasi on 18th May 2009.
Pengarah Kanan Perkhidmatan
She raised concerns that there are many cosmetic companies are still unaware of cosmetic
control regulations and PIF. Other concerns raised are adulterated skin care cosmetic products
in the market and she advised CTFA to provide continuous education programs with regards to
ACD and PIF to our members.
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CTFA raised our concerns on parallel products that have been notified and can be imported by
unauthorized distributors. Puan Eisah has agreed to work together with MDTCA and Customs
to discuss on parallel imports of cosmetic and counterfeit cosmetic products. CTFA will write
a letter of invitation to Farmasi, Customs and MDTCA to set a date for the 3 government
bodies to have a meeting together with us.
MITI Dialoque June 2009
MITI on yearly basis make request from us to provide feedback or any issues of concerns for
their Dialoque in June 2009. As this has been circulated to all members and there being no
feedback from members on any input CTFA will write to MITI and say that we do not have
input.
Government Bodies Relevant to the CTFA
Malaysian Cabinet 2009 - Governmental Affairs – Primary
Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai – Health Minister
NPCB / DCA / Pharmacy Services – product registration, enforcement
Medical Device Division, Dental Health Division, etc.
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri – MDTCA
Trade description, labeling, Enforcement of halal, Counterfeit, parallel import, etc.
Brig Gen Rtd Dato jamil Khir Baharum - Religious Affairs Minister
JAKIM – halal certification???
Malaysian Cabinet 2009 - Governmental Affairs – Secondary
Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim - Information, Communication, Arts & Culture
RTM, Private Stations, Multimedia Act
Datuk Mustapha Mohamed – International Trade & Industry
MITI - Foreign companies having investments in Malaysia – MIDA, MATRADE
Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili - Science Technology & Innovation
Department of Standards
Datuk Douglas Unggah Embas - Natural Resources & Environment
Sustainability initiatives???
Regulations relating to ingredients, wastewater for protection of environment
External Affairs Up-dates
CTFA received three invitations:1. Invited for the opening ceremony of the World Halal Research Summit held on 7th & 8th
May 2009. Organized by Halal Industry Development Corporation.
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2. Invited for the 6th World Chambers Congress : Pre-Congress Networking Session (May 22,
2009) organized by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers and World Chambers
Federation/International Chamber of Commerce.
3. Invited by MICCI to contribute a talk on counterfeit products for their planned Workshop
on Counterfeit Products (June 2009).
ACD Issues
There is a trade barrier caused by Indonesia because of its non-implementation of the ACD.
As a result it give rise to many concerns and issues on trading with Indonesia.
1. lengthy registration
2. implementing more requirements
3. restriction on registration submission day and limited amount of applications
4. excessive and unnecessary documentation
Members’ concerns and input were brought forward to BPFK as this matter will be further
discussed in the coming 12th ACC/ACSB meeting.
There is also a concern on the industry’s lack of understanding the ACD requirements and lack
of compliance to latest decisions of the ACC. After its implementation date on 1 st Jan 2008,
ACC made further decisions on the enforcement of regulations and wish to remind members to
ensure compliance within the grace period given.
Mandatory Compliance
1. Decision made in June 2008, effective implementation date: July 2010
2. Cautionary statement on fluoride and the 6mm dot graphic
3. Mandatory warning on dentifrice containing Hydrogen peroxide up to 35%
4. ZPT concentration in leave on product not to exceed 0.1%
All above have been mentioned in previous members’ meetings.
Post Market Surveillance(PMS) Sub Committee
Re-cap on the last survey done in December 2008 with results in March 2009. The objective
of this Post Market Surveillance (PMS) survey :1. to get feedback from members on PIF status
2. to find out the areas of PIF training
3. to find the percentage of completion
4. to find out the levels of difficulties for Part 1 of PIF
5. to determine which area of training is required for members
6. to plan new strategy towards compliance
The results of this PIF Questionaire were:1. 70% response representing 57 members companies
2. 80% members agreed that seminars & workshop organized thus far have already met
their educational & informational objective related to PIF
3. Most of the members companies have started the PIF Part 1 compilation and 56% of
the members are at more than 75% completion. There is a 5% incompliance due to
turnover of staff in the company.
4. There were only 2 companies being audited by the local authority.
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5. Difficult PIF part that need more focus are Safety Assessment, Confirm Undesirable
Effect on Human Health and Product Claims Support.
CTFA’s foreward actions:1. Refreshment course for members
2. More training focusing on Safety Assessment, Confirm Undesirable Effect on Human
Health and Product Claims Support
3. Work closely with BPFK on the training programs
National Cosmetic Seminar (Aug 2009)
In lieu of the above we are working with BPFK on a One day seminar with more focus on post
implementation of the ACD regulations. Tentative dates are either 12th or 13th of August
2009.
Business Committee
Updates on the Development of the ACD Ingredient Database, the Board Members are in the
midst of testing and fine tune on some technical issues. It is now in the final stage and will be
open to members for testing. Members are also required to provided feedback after the
testing. Target to open this service in the 3rd Quarter of this year.
Whole Sale Licence – for purely cosmetics with no other category, you need not apply for the
licence. However if you have a combined of Phase 2 (health supplement, antisepic creams,
oral care, OTC drugs), Phase 3 (health supplement & traditional medicine) together with Phase
4 (cosmetics) then you need to apply for the licence.
TRC Committee
The committee is also helping BPFK on the papers of discussion and agenda for the 12th
ACC/ACSB which will be held on 23rd to 25th June 2009.
The topics to discuss during the ACSB meeting are :1. AHA guidelines
2. Botanical Ingredient
3. Dylactic Acid
4. ISO updates
5. Methanol
6. Preamble on ACD annex – interpretation of (+) signs
7. Tranxamic acid
8. Caffeine
9. Cosmetic with medicinal like packaging – example of packaging: syringe and eye drop
10. Vitamin K (France has banned the use in cosmetic products)
11. Antiseptic claims
Brand Protection
There was a meeting between Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA)
with various industries held on Mac 31, 2009. In this meeting, CTFA was lined-up to provide
industry briefing to MDTCA and one of the issues raised is the parallel importation. MDTCA
noted the importance of authorized importation, which at the same time could curb counterfeits
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from being released to trade. MDTCA is keen in having a Task Force and Jabatan Kastam
was assigned to look into this matter.
Recently, MDTCA had been actively detecting counterfeits and so far has detained
consignments carrying suspected counterfeit items; out of which two consignments are
suspected counterfeit fragrance perfumes.
On 13th April 2009, MDTCA informs CTFA of a container from Indonesia carrying suspected
counterfeit fragrance products and provided us the brands of which we have informed our
members. Affected companies have been working closely with MDTCA to verify their
products.
On 7th May 2009, MDTCA informs CTFA of another counterfeit shipment and that Customs
held a press conference at Northport on May 11. It is a good progress that Customs is now
working closely with MDTCA to curb on counterfeits.
Counterfeit and parallel importation issues were also raised in the recent meeting with Puan
Eisah on 18th May. It is learnt that counterfeit and PI consignments could be missed due to
incorrect declaration of product category or different tariff code declared. For PI cases,
although there are notification notes, there was too many consignments, thus it is impossible to
inspect each consignment to avoid unauthorized dealers importing cosmetic products.
Market Intelligence Report
Economic Indicators:
• Better economy expected in the second half of the year.
• The inflation rate is forecasted at 3.27% y-o-y for April, a slower pace from 3.5% in
March.
• The economy is projected to register a growth rate of -1% to 1% this year
Tourists arrival:
• Malaysia’s tourism ministry has been allocated RM200 million from the government's
RM60 billion fiscal stimulus package announced on March 10 for 2009 and 2010.
• Malaysia has set a target of 20 million tourists this year, a dip from the 22 million
visitors to the country last year. The figure was set while taking into consideration the
current global recession.
Cosmetics Retail Growth:
 Brands that register growth between 0-10% for the month of Apr09 are among others
Estee Lauder, Shiseido, Dior and Shu Uemura.
 Brands that register growth of >10% for the month of Apr09 are among others Chanel
and SKII.
Retail Growth:
• Retail Group Malaysia (RGM) expects the country’s retail sales to contract in 2Q2009,
before strengthening in 3Q2009.
• Lower consumer confidence and uncertainties in the market.
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• For the whole year, retail growth forecasted is a mere 3%.
Training
The committee is planning to contact the Legal Metrology Unit, MDTCA with regards to
training on net weight of content/tolerance level of packaging and their latest development on
guidelines for packaging. Singapore & Thailand has already put this requirements in action.
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