Cosmetic Hygiene and Safety Act Article 15

Competent authorities shall immediately initiate investigations and may order cosmetics businesses to suspend the manufacture, import, or sale, or order their products to be withdrawn from the market or to be sealed and stored if the cosmetics businesses are suspected to have violated the provisions of this Act or the cosmetics have one of the following conditions:1. Expiration date exceeded;2. Source unclear;3. Other conditions sufficiently harmful to human health.When competent authorities conduct investigations as specified in the preceding paragraph or other sampling checks or sampling tests referred to in this Act, they may order cosmetics businesses to provide testing specifications, testing methods, and testing reports of original manufacturers, as well as information, samples, reference standards, and relevant data necessary for testing. Cosmetics businesses shall give their cooperation, and shall not evade, obstruct, or refuse.Penalties shall be rescinded and products shall be unsealed in the absence of any conditions specified in Paragraph 1 after investigations.
中文原文 化粧品衛生安全管理法第15條
化粧品業者疑有違反本法規定或化粧品有下列情形之一者,主管機關應即啟動調查,並得命化粧品業者暫停製造、輸入或販賣,或命其產品下架或予以封存:
一、逾保存期限。
二、來源不明。
三、其他足以損害人體健康之情事。
主管機關執行前項調查或本法其他之抽查、抽樣檢驗,得命化粧品業者提供原廠檢驗規格、檢驗方法、檢驗報告書與檢驗所需之資訊、樣品、對照標準品及有關資料,化粧品業者應予配合,不得規避、妨礙或拒絕。
第一項情形經調查無違規者,應撤銷原處分,並予啟封。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.