What does 690 in cosmetics represent? Can skin care products starting with 690 be used?

When we buy cosmetics, we can observe that the batch number on each cosmetic is different. Some cosmetic barcodes start with 690, and some start with 693.

The cosmetics code 690 is the country code, representing China. The code 690 on the cosmetics barcode means that the product is made in China. Except for 690, barcodes with prefixes from 690 to 697 all indicate that the product is made in China or are manufacturer identification codes in inland China.

Products starting with a barcode of 690 mean that they are made in China. The 690 on the cosmetic barcode only means that the product is made in China, and does not indicate the ingredients of the cosmetic. Except for 690, barcodes with prefixes of 690 to 697 all indicate that the product is made in China or that the manufacturer (or distributor) of a certain product has applied for a manufacturer identification code in inland China. The first three digits of skin care products represent the place of origin, and those starting with other prefix codes are the responsibility of foreign GS1 member organizations, generally referred to as "foreign barcodes". The first three digits of the skin care product barcode generally represent the country or region code. It should be noted that the "country code" only indicates which country the code allocation source is, which can be used as a reference, but cannot fully represent the origin of the product. The barcode of a product is divided into 4 parts. The 1st to 3rd digits from the left represent the country code; the 4th to 8th digits represent the manufacturer code, which is applied by the manufacturer and uniformly allocated by the country; the 9th to 12th digits represent the product's factory code, which is determined by the manufacturer himself, and the last digit is the check code, which is obtained according to a certain algorithm based on the previous 12 digits. Therefore, the product code of skin care products is the product's identity document and the basis for judging whether the product is qualified, but it cannot determine the ingredients it contains. If you want to know what ingredients a product has, you can look at the ingredient list. The names of the ingredients should be arranged from most to least according to the amount added. The addition amount greater than 1% is the cutoff point. The higher the ranking, the higher the content of this ingredient in the cosmetic.

The commodity barcode is generally composed of 13 digits, which are divided into the prefix part (the first 3 digits), the manufacturer identification code containing the prefix (7 or 8 digits), the commodity item code (5 or 4 digits) and the check code (the 13th digit). The commodity barcode is equivalent to the product ID card, which can ensure that the code of each category of commodity items of each enterprise is unique and universal in the world. 690-699 is the item code range assigned to my country by the international market. The first three digits of the barcode currently used are 690-695. The meanings of these barcodes are as follows: 690 and 691 are generally national codes approved for large enterprises; 692 and 693 are usually national codes approved for medium-sized enterprises; 694 and 695 are often national codes approved for small enterprises. The barcode only indicates the different origins, packaging, varieties, prices, colors, etc. of the commodity, and cannot display its ingredients. It is used to distinguish commodities in logistics.

You can check whether cosmetics contain hormones on the national authoritative website. Domestic cosmetics are all queried at the State Food and Drug Administration. Check whether the manufacturer of cosmetics is a regular merchant. If you have already used the product, you can stop using it for a while to observe the effect. If you feel that your face becomes dry and tight immediately during skin care, it also means that the product ingredients are unsafe. If the product contains hormones, stop using it immediately and choose skin care products with safe ingredients for skin care.