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Importing cosmetics to the US

What MoCRA asks of a cosmetics importer, and how Senda checks a shipment before it arrives: registration and listing numbers, products that read as drugs, the US label items, colour additives and the cosmetics documents.

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9 minute read · Cosmetics importers and their operations teams

Inside this guide

What it walks you through.

  1. 1What MoCRA asks of a cosmetics importer
  2. 2Before you start
  3. 3Check MoCRA readiness
  4. 4MoCRA readiness on a shipment
  5. 5When a line reads as a drug
  6. 6Check the colours in an ingredient list
  7. 7A colour-additive check
  8. 8Run the US label pre-check
  9. 9The US label pre-check
  10. 10Add the cosmetics documents
  11. 11Cosmetics documents on a shipment
  12. 12Worth knowing

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Getting startedFind your way around the workspace, and bring your team in on day one.Working an orderCreate an order, and keep its shipments, tallies and documents together.Building a shipmentCreate a shipment from an order, link its containers and track readiness.