ACMA | Cosmetics Traders Services

Cosmetics Traders Services

ACMA won its present status through genuine dedication in assisting the cosmetics manufacturers, distributors, and traders in the United States to export cosmetics, toiletry, and personal care products to the whole world. Export regulations for cosmetics vary due to many factors such as the destination country, and the shipment type. Beside the certifications that ACMA provide to its customers such as a certificate of Free Sale, BSE Certificate, and GMP certificate, it is now offering certifications for commercial invoices, certificate of Sanitation, and certificate of origin, as well.

Sanitary Certificate

Sanitary means healthy and as the name suggests, this certificate is a written proof that this product or shipment is healthy. The FDA issues sanitary certificate as an export certificate stating that this product has been manufactured in healthy facilities and accordance to the international standards for manufacturing facilities. The customs of the imported countries require the sanitary certification in order to permit the shipment to enter the country.

Commercial invoices

Commercial invoices are a declaration of the export process that must include the involved parties in the transaction, the product type, the price, the height and exact weight beside the harmonized system codes. Commercial invoices must be signed by the relevant body of the export company and from the local Chamber of Commerce.

Certificate of Origin

It is a certification states the manufacturing country of the product being shipped. Sometimes the product is manufactured in one country and exported from another country. This certificate is to prove which country has manufactured this product.

ACMA provides American traders with all the services they might need to complete the export process for their cosmetics products, please visit acma.us for more and complete information.

American Cosmetics Manufacturer Association

ACMA

American Cosmetics Manufacturer Association, commonly referred to as ACMA, is a certification service provider, located in the heart of Washington DC and owns an enviable record of past experiences in dealing with cosmetics' manufacturers and distributers in the United States.

ACMA provides the distributors of Cosmetics, Toiletry, and Personal Care Products with detailed records on Cosmetics export process step by step, a complete explanation on the importance of each export documents ,and the specific documents that each product require.

Brief description on the different types of export documents:

• BSE Certificate

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• A certificate states that the product being exported is free from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. It is usually required for cosmetics and drugs being exported. BSE certificate is issued by the FDA, authenticated from the US Department of State in Washington DC.
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• GMP Certificate

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• A certificate ensures that the products being shipped are manufactured in accordance to the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regarding the ingredients, the manufacturing facilities, machinery, and personnel.
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• Free Sale Certificate

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• A certificate reports that the cosmetics products being exported are manufactured and legally distributed in the markets of the United States.
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• Certificate to Foreign Government

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• Certificate to foreign government is an export certification for the export of biologics, devices, and animal drugs that are legally distributed in the American markets.
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• Certificate of Exportability

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• It is certification for the export of biologics, medical devices, and animal drugs that are not legally distributed in the United States.

                               

American Cosmetics Manufacturer Association assists American cosmetics distributor to extend the range of the cosmetics trade market by providing an expedited authentication service for the FDA Export certifications. 

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ACMA | Free Sale Certificate

Certificate of free sale

                is an export document specifically issued for particular commodities such as food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics….etc. Certification of Free Sale is a formal certification issued by a governmental entity in the United States like the local Chamber of Commerce or a Trade Association. It states that the product being shipped has been manufactured according to the Good Manufacturing Practice as set by the FD & C Act.

Free Sale’s Authentication process

The authentication of Free Sale certificate is different of any other documents. We can brief the authentication process as follows:-

Secretary of State authentications

Free Sale certificate must be notarized by a notary public and authenticated from the Secretary of the State in the same State where the document was issued.

Chamber of Commerce authentications

Free Sale certificate require further authentication from a local Chamber of Commerce in order to acknowledge the certificate in the customs of the foreign countries.

US Department of State authentications

Notarized Free Sale certificate must be certified from the US Department of State in Washington DC. You can acquire an Apostille for the Free Sale certificate from the US department of States in Washington DC in order to use it in the customs of the Hague countries.

Embassy legalization authentication

Free Sale certificate must be legalized from the Embassy of the designated country where the document will be used. Embassy legalization is required when the document is going to be used in the customs of the Non-Hague countries.

ACMA Free Sale Certification Service

ACMA (American Cosmetics Manufacturer Association) proud itself to be the leading authentication provider specialized in the Cosmetics Export Certifications. Through years of working with governmental agencies, we established good business relations with the governmental entities and embassies in the United 

States which enable us completing our business in a timely manner.

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ACMA | BSE Certification Service

ACMA | BSE

American Cosmetics Manufacturers Association presents authentication services for BSE certificate to assist American cosmetics manufacturers and traders exporting their cosmetics and personal care products to the foreign markets. ACMA aspires to bridge and share the American trade with the entire world through facilitating the cumbersome authentication process of export certifications.

BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or Mad Cow Disease is a virus affects the cattle and transmitted to humans through the exposure and the digest of an infected cattle materials or tissues. The virus has firstly appeared about twenty years ago and obliged all governments to impose strict measures in an attempt to limit the disease.

FDA |Risk Management for cosmetics

Cosmetics do not need the FDA per-approval before legally distribute cosmetics in the American markets. Therefore, the FDA sets a number of regulatory requirements to organize the manufacture of cosmetics and, at the same time, protect consumers from the hazards that may result from the usage of prohibited materials such as the prohibited cattle ingredients. The FDA encourages the cosmetics manufacturers to keep records for all the ingredients they use in the cosmetics and make it available for the FDA upon request. The FD & C issues the federal act which states that any cosmetics product must not contain any prohibited cattle materials with exemption to:

        Gelatin Ingredients-Cosmetics Function

              The Gelatin is obtained from the Collagen derived from the animal skin or bones. Products contain Gelatin are like skin conditioning, hair conditioning, and oral health care.

            Tallow Ingredient- Cosmetics Function

     The Tallow is obtained from the fats derived from the fatty tissues of cattle or sheep. Products contain Tallow ingredients are like Bath Soaps, Skin Conditioning.

BSE Export Certificate

 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE certificate is an export document that is essential to legalize the export of cosmetics product to foreign countries. BSE Certificate is issued for cosmetics product that contains cattle materials stating that this product does not contain any prohibited cattle or sheep materials and that this product is fit for the human usage.

American Cosmetics Manufacturers Association (ACMA)

ACMA offers American Cosmetics manufactures an authentication service for all types of export documents. With its office located in the heart of Washington DC enables ACMA to maintain excellent business relations with most of the governmental departments and foreign Embassies in the United States. Cosmetics Export Regulations differentiate from country to another country. ACMA can help you obtain all the required information to complete the process of cosmetics export.

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