UAE Standard UAE.

S 2055- 4:2014

Standards Of United Arab Emirates

UAE.S 2055 - 4:2014

Halal Products- Part 4: Requirements for Cosmetics and Personal

Care

ICS:71.100; © ESMA
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Halal Products- Part 4: Requirements for Cosmetics and Personal

Care

1. Scope

This standard specifies the general requirements that should be available in Halal cosmetics
and Personal care, during all stages of the supply chain and which could include the process
of preparation, production, packaging, labelling and markings, handling, transportation,
distribution, storage, displaying and providing the service in addition to other processes.

2. Complementary References
2.1 UAE.S GSO 1943:2010 Cosmetic products - Cosmetic Products safety requirements.
2.2 UAE.S 2055 -1:2015 General Requirements for Halal Food
2.3 UAE.S/GSO ISO 22715 :2008 Cosmetics -Packaging And Labelling
2.4 UAE.S/GSO ISO 22716 :2009 Cosmetics - Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) -
Guidelines On Good Manufacturing Practices

3. Terminology
For the purpose of this standard the following terms and definitions shall apply:

3.1 Islamic Shariah:

The sum of laws, orders, faith, and acts given by Allah to mankind via the Prophet Mohamed
(Peace be Upon Him).

3.2 Halal products

Product that is permissible in accordance with Islamic Shariah and meeting the requirements
hereunder.

3.3 Halal National mark

The mark approved by ESMA , to be granted to a certain product to prove the conformity of a
product, service and production system with the requirements hereof.

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3.4 Cosmetics and Personal Care:

Any substance or mixture intended for use on external parts of the human body with a view
exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance,
protecting them, keeping them in good condition or correcting body odours.

3.5 Agro-ingredient:
Agro-ingredient refers to any plant, animal or microbial product derived from agriculture,
aquaculture or wild collection/harvest. These may be further classified into physically
processed agro-ingredients and chemically processed agro-ingredients depending on the
nature of processing or extracting method.

3.6 Contaminant :

Any substance not added intentionally to the product but it is available as a result of
production process (either Agricultural, harvesting or usage of veterinary drugs) and
manufacturing, preparation, treatment, packaging and transport or as a result of environmental
Pollution. And this doesn’t include insects’ parts or rodents’ hair or any other foreign
substance.

3.7 Ethanol:

It is a type of alcohol named also Ethyl alcohol or Pure alcohol, colorless liquid, volatile,
flammable, and having the chemical formula C2H5(OH).

3.8 Gene:

In general a gene refers to a segment of DNA that is responsible to synthesize a polypeptide

chain, i.e., polymer of amino acids that provides structural basis of sub-unit or a complete
protein. A gene may also contain the regulatory part of the DNA that are required for protein
synthesis yet not coded for any amino acids.

3.9 Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO):

It is an organism which genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering
modification techniques and DNA modification.

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3.10 Ingredient:

An ingredient is any substance or preparation of synthetic or natural origin used in the

composition of a cosmetic product. The definition includes the impurities in the raw materials
used, subsidiary technical materials used in the preparation but not present in the final
product, and the materials used in strictly necessary quantities as solvents or as carriers for
perfume and aromatic compositions.

3.11 Label:

Any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stenciled, marked,
embossed or impressed on, or attached to the container of Cosmetic Products in an
irremovable manner.

3.12 Organization:

Any fixed or mobile entity or facility authorized for trading of cosmetics and personal care
products at any stage of the supply chain.

3.13 Substance:

Means a chemical element and its compounds in the natural state or obtained by any
manufacturing process, including any additive necessary to preserve its stability and any
impurity deriving from the process used but excluding any solvent which may be separated
without affecting the stability of the substances or changing its composition.

4. General requirements:
4.1- Cosmetic products, ingredients, derivatives, parts and extracts as well as personal care
shall complies with the requirements of standards mentioned in clause 2.2 with respect to the
requirements of Islamic Shariah as Halal or Haram (forbidden).

4.2- To comply with the procedures derived from the Halal requirements in the Islamic
Shariah at any stage of the supply chain, such as preparation, processing, production,

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packaging, marking and labeling, transportation, trading, distribution, storage, supply and
service providing as well as other processes.

4.3- All cosmetics and personal care ingredients, additives and raw materials shall be free
from anything that violates the Halal requirements set in the Islamic shariah and in
accordance with the table of the Annex 1 related to the classification of non-Halal.

4.4- All Halal cosmetics and personal care products should be free of anything that may be
harmful for human health including toxic, hazardous substances and contaminants from
various sources.

4.5- All Halal cosmetics and personal care products as well as its ingredients shall be free
from filthy contamination (Najiis) which is prohibited by Islamic shariah.

4.6- All Prohibited products shall be fully separated from Halal product during all stages of
supply chain in a way to ensure that they are not mixed with each other or being contaminated
by other materials.

4.7- Cosmetic and personal care products compliance with legal requirements of Halal
products or any laws or fatawa issued by official legitimate party accepted by the authority
should be checked.

4.8- The Halal cosmetics & personal care products shall be distinctly traceable to the
requirements of this standard at any stage of production and afterwards. The traceability can
be based on a published standard or any appropriate approved procedure.

4.9- The Halal cosmetics & personal care products shall comply with all the requirements of
the standards mentioned in the clause 2.1 related to the safety of cosmetics.

4.10- The organization shall adopt any international recognized quality assurance system in
addition to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in force worldwide and acceptable by the
Authority and to comply with requirements of the standard mentioned in clause 2.4 related to
the guideline of Good manufacturing process.

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4.11- The organization shall follow the below requirements for raw materials, ingredients,
and other items used in production, packaging and filling:

4.11.1 Any parts of Animals and plants that meet the requirements of the Convention of
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) shall not be
used.

4.11.2 The use of physically or chemically processed agro-ingredients is a subject of

compliance to the following conditions: (1) the source of agro ingredients and the instruments
or apparatus or machinery used are Halal and (2) nothing has become mutanajis during the
stage(s) of processing.

4.11.3 Ethyl Alcohols (Ethanol) are allowed to be used as adjuvant in the production (solvent
or additives) as long as they are not alcoholic drinks that are added directly to the product.

4.11.4 It is prohibited to use GMOs or substances having GMOs that contain human gene(s)
or gene(s) obtained from prohibited animal(s) source(s), and / or prohibited animal(s) have
not been used as a host.

4.11.5 It is prohibited to use microorganisms as bacteria, fungi and yeast that are toxic,
harmful to health and produced in non-Halal environment or include non- Halal ingredients.

4.11.6 Equipment, machines, tools, production lines, and other auxiliary materials used in the
processing of Halal products must be clean and used only for the purpose of Halal products
and should not be made of non-Halal materials.

4.11.7 In case of using any equipment, tools, or production lines, which was used for, or
touched non-Halal material, to be used for the production of Halal cosmetics, they shall be
washed and cleaned according to hygiene rules to totally remove the residues of non-Halal,
and this process shall not be repeated.

4.11.8 Any oils, greases, cleaning fluids, or disinfectants which are not suitable for use and
may contain non-Halal components or materials must not be used during cleaning or

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maintenance of machines or equipment that come into contact with Halal cosmetic and
personal care products.

5. Packaging
5.1 Halal Cosmetic and personal care products packaging & labeling shall comply with the
requirements of standards specified in clauses 2.1 & 2.3.

5.2 Halal Cosmetic and personal care products packaging (physical package) shall not
violate the traditions, values and ethics of Islam and local culture.

5.3 The packaging materials shall not be made from non-Halal raw materials.

5.4 The packaging material shall not be prepared, processed or manufactured using
equipment that is contaminated with non-Halal things. During the preparation, processing,
storage or transportation of the packaging material, it shall be physically separated from any
non-Halal material.

5.5 The packaging material shall not contain any raw materials that are considered
hazardous to human health.

6. Labeling
6.1 Labels shall comply with the requirements of standards specified in clause 2.1

6.2 Labels shall comply with the following additional requirements for Halal

6.2.1 Use of “Halal” Logo on the product’s label shall conform to the requirements of
this standard and Board Resolution No. (36) for the year 2014 regarding
organizational procedures for National Mark of Halal (emblem).
6.2.2 The content of the cosmetic and personal care products’ labels and advertisements
shall not include (text, images and illustrations) that violate or profane traditions,
ethics of Islam and local culture.
6.2.3 It is not allowed to place any product in the market in a way reflecting its
compliance to the islamic shariah or being Halal unless it fulfils the provisions of
this standard.

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ANNEX No.1- Classification of Non-Halal

Item Non-Halal
The animals not slaughtered as per the requirements of Halal in the Sharia;
sacrifices by the polytheists, secularists, atheists, magi, apostates and all
disbelievers of the non-adherents of a revealed religion; dead animals; animals
killed by strangling; the animals beaten to death; the animals killed by fall; the
animals killed by being smitten by a horn; the animals eaten by wild animals; the
animals that has been dedicated to other than Allah; the animals scarified on stone
altars or dedicated to other than Allah Almighty or the animals mixed with parts
of animals that are not permissible to eat in the Sharia, which cause harm to the
eaters.
Pigs, donkeys, mules, elephants, monkeys, dogs, foxes, cats and the like.
Predators – all animals with canines of wild animals and the like, such as the
lions, leopards, bears except for the hyenas.
Birds of prey and the like such as vultures, hawks, falcons, eagles, crows,
Animals sparrow hawks, peregrine falcons, kite birds and owls.
Rodents, reptiles, vermin and the like such as mice, rats, centipedes, snakes,
monitor lizards, lizards, geckos, chameleons, hedgehogs, martins, bats, bunnies,
weasels, moles and beetles (except for the uromastyx and the jerboa).
Scorpions and all kinds of insects, worms and the animals that are banned from
killing in the Sharia and the like, such as the ants, bees, woodpeckers, hoopoes
except for the locusts and what cannot be avoided such as the parts of bees falling
in the honey.
Abhorred animals and the like, such as the conches, phases of larva and the other
similar animals.
The animals that are fed with the impurities if not kept on custody and fed by the
permissible food as per the requirements of Halal in the Sharia for a period of no
less than three days.
Aquatic animals Toxic or harmful aquatic animals, unless the toxic or harmful substances are
extracted during the processing.
Plants Plants and their toxic, harmful or aesthetic products or derivatives, unless the
toxic or harmful substances are extracted during the processing.
Beverages Inebriant or alcoholic, aesthetic, pathological, toxic or harmful beverages
Genetically All food produced by the genetic engineering for a forbidden genus or more than
modified food one genus from which one is forbidden.
Blood and its Blood and all of its derivatives are forbidden; all body liquids from human or
derivatives animal origin, such as vomiting and urine.
Food additives All substances added to the foods, their products and derivatives; toxic, harmful,
pathological or derived from Non-Halal substances.
Enzymes All enzymes derived from Non-Halal substances.
Microorganisms All of the microorganisms such as germs, fungus and yeast: toxic, harmful,
produced for Non-Halal purposes or where Non-Halal components contribute in
the production of which.

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