A Licence Revoked and a Ten-Year Ban for a Sunscreen Factory That Skipped Its Filters

*MZ Toutiao (美妆头条) · 2026-10-28 · Enforcement / Sunscreen* **原文：** 广州市白云区茜妃化妆品厂被吊销生产许可证 Guangdong's drug regulator has revoked the cosmetic production licence of Guangzhou Baiyun Qianfei Cosmetics Factory (licence 粤妆20160199), ordered a six-month halt to cosmetics business, barred the company from filing or applying for any cosmetic approval for ten years, and cancelled two product filings. The file is unusually detailed. A flight inspection on 28 July 2025 found serious defects in the quality system across three batches, and the factory was also found to have made special cosmetics without registration. Two 2024 batches of its Qianfei Isolation Sunscreen Lotion SPF50 PA+++, tested by laboratories in Guangxi and Guangzhou, contained none of the three filters declared on the label and in the registration file: oxybenzone, avobenzone and octinoxate. The company first filed an objection disputing that the samples were its own, then admitted production on 22 September 2025 and supplied batch records. Penalties were applied under articles 60(3) and 59(2) of the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation. Sunscreen is a special cosmetic in China, and a declared-versus-actual fil

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