Hygiene Products Manufacturing Business Report: Procedure and Facility Standards — Item Manufacturing Report and Self-Quality Inspection

Procedure

1. 1. Check whether the product is a hygiene product

   Hygiene products include detergents, rinse aids, oral care products such as toothbrushes, dental floss and tongue cleaners, tattoo dyes, disposable cups, spoons, chopsticks and straws, and toilet paper and paper napkins. First check whether the product you intend to make falls within this scope or is classified as a cosmetic or a quasi-drug.

2. 2. Set up the workplace facilities

   The workplace must be separated from spaces used for other purposes and built so that it can be kept clean. Provide separate storage space for raw materials, supplies and finished products, and check before signing a lease whether the building use is suitable for manufacturing work.

3. 3. Submit the business report

   After the facilities are in place, submit the business report form and attachments to the city, county or district (si/gun/gu) office having jurisdiction over the location of the place of business. The reporting person must not fall under any ground for disqualification, and a report of change is also filed when any of the prescribed reported matters is changed.

4. 4. Item manufacturing report and sanitation education

   For products designated as items that need special control to protect public health, report the product name, ingredients and other matters to the competent city, county or district (si/gun/gu) office before manufacturing. The business operator also completes the prescribed sanitation education.

5. 5. Operate self-quality inspection

   Check whether the manufactured hygiene products meet the standards and specifications, either by inspecting them yourself or by entrusting the inspection to a hygiene products testing and inspection agency. Check the inspection items and frequency for each item and set up a pre-shipment inspection system.

Required documents

• Business report form for hygiene products manufacturing
• Floor plan of the workplace and facility layout materials
• Evidence of the right to use the business premises, such as the building register and lease contract
• Certificate of completion of sanitation education
• Item manufacturing report (for items subject to reporting)
• Business registration certificate or certificate of all registered matters of the corporation

Fees

In the industry, preparing and filing the business report and item manufacturing report documents is generally priced at several hundred thousand won, and the fee varies with the number of items and whether the facilities need to be supplemented. We review the product list and workplace materials and advise you on the fee after a consultation.

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Legal basis and review date

• Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act, Article 2
• Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act, Article 3
• Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act, Article 9
• Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act, Article 11
• Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act, Article 13
• Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act, Article 16

Checked against the statutes on 2026-09-30

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• Before signing a lease, first check whether the building use and the partitioning of the workplace meet the facility standards.
• Hygiene products without labeling that meets the labeling standards may not be sold or displayed.

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