The Consumer Act of the Philippines or RA 7394 which is the most recent amendment of RA 3720 has defined "Manufacturers" as follows:

"Manufacturer means any person who manufactures, assembles or processes consumer products except that if the goods are manufactured, assembled, or processed for another person who attaches his own brand name to the consumer products, the latter shall be deemed the manufacturer. In case of imported products, the manufacturer's representative or, in his absence, the imported, shall be deemed the manufacturer." (Article 4 [as] RA 7394)

In view thereof, and holding the "brand owners" or cosmetic traders responsible for the quality, safety, and purity of the cosmetic products, such cosmetic traders shall no longer be required to INDICATE THE MANUFACTURER on the label of the cosmetic products, provided that:

a)         The contract-manufacturer shall be duly licensed by the BFAD.

b)         And the BFAD shall be formally notified of the contract-manufacturer's name and address - the said notice should contain the specific cosmetic registration number in cases where there will be additional manufacturers or change of manufacturers, after the product has been duly registered.  Such formal notice should be stamped as received and/or acknowledged by BFAD.  Copy of that receipt shall be sufficient evidence of compliance of the notification requirement.

Adopted: 20 Sept. 1993

(Sgd.) QUINTIN L. KINTANAR, M.D., PH.D., CESO I
Director