Recently, the Shanghai Huangpu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued an administrative penalty decision, severely punishing Sa Sa Cosmetics (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sa Sa China"). Sa Sa China was fined a total of 985,600 yuan for the total number of colonies of the "Sasatinnie Moisturizing Hand Cream" operated by Sasatinnie exceeded the standard by 410 times.
FMCG learned that the punishment stemmed from a random inspection by the Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation. In the 2023 cosmetics supervision and random inspection, the Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation found that the total number of colonies of "Sasatinnie Moisturizing Hand Cream" sold by Sa Sa China's Guangzhou Guanglu store did not meet the provisions of the "Safety and Technical Specifications for Cosmetics (2015 Edition)", and the excess was extremely serious. Subsequently, the Shanghai Huangpu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau immediately launched an investigation and found that the batch of products was produced by Guangzhou Fengge Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Co., Ltd. entrusted by Sa Sa China, and the products were contaminated due to incomplete cleaning and disinfection of the production equipment.
As of January 19, 2024, a total of 36 online and offline stores in Sa Sa China have sold 9,162 pieces of this batch of "Sasatinnie Moisturizing Hand Cream", with a total sales of about 160,000 yuan. After the incident, Sa Sa China quickly removed all the products from the shelves and recalled them for destruction, but it was unable to recover the serious damage to its brand image and market trust.
It is important to note that this is not the first time that Sa Sa China has been fined for non-compliance. In March this year, Sa Sa China was administratively punished for the suspected illegal promotion of a "Switzerland SUISSE Hydra Radiance Essence 130ml" in the Tmall store; In June last year, it was fined a total of about 953,000 yuan for the illegal act of producing, operating or importing unregistered special cosmetics.
Sa Sa China's performance is also unstable. In recent years, the number of Sa Sa International stores in the mainland market has been shrinking, from 80 at its peak to 31. The fine this time undoubtedly sounded the alarm bell for Sa Sa China, and once again reminded the importance of the safety line of defense in the cosmetics industry. Enterprises should strengthen self-discipline and internal management to ensure product quality and safety, so that consumers' health rights and interests can be effectively protected.