Skintl Licences Cancelled Over Labelling and Warehouse Violations

The import registrations of three Korean beauty brand importers, Skintl Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., have been revoked by India's highest medicines regulator. The action is taken following the discovery that the company stocked commodities without proper authorisation, rearranged its warehouse without proper regulatory clearance, and used inaccurate registration numbers on product labels.

The company's import registrations were terminated by an order issued by Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). Additionally, effective immediately, the ruling forbids it from importing and selling cosmetic products through e-commerce platforms and retail shopfronts.

Detailed Findings of DGCI

According to officials from the Central Licensing Authority, the failures violate the regulations set out in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, which forbids the importation of cosmetics with counterfeit or mislabeled labels. In response to a complaint, an inspection team searched the business's Mahipalpur Extension, New Delhi, facilities on March 30. Statutory defaults involving labelling mistakes and physical warehouse operations were uncovered in April as a result of the examination. On April 27, 2026, the importer was presented with a showcause notice.

The corporation admitted the infractions in its response dated 30 June 2026, according to the document. On the product packaging, the business had printed the wrong data of the registration certificate, according to the order that was posted on the CDSCO website. Also, it has sold imported goods without the proper registration paperwork. All three registration rights have been revoked by the order, although no particular brand names or certificate numbers have been linked. In a message, the DCGI requested that all federal agencies—including customs offices, zonal divisions, and online portals—immediately stop clearing cosmetic goods that were impacted and selling them.

Brands such as Beauty of Joseon, It's Skin, A'Pieu, Missha, and Skinfood are imported and distributed by Skintl. Nevertheless, news outlets were unable to confirm on their own which brands were investigated or whose import licenses were revoked.

India Cosmetic Sector and Importance of its Compliance

With the beauty and skincare market in India seeing tremendous growth, this action highlights the significance of compliance in the import of cosmetics. The India Brand Equity Foundation, a foundation set up by the Department of Commerce, projects that the beauty and grooming sector in India, which includes skincare, haircare, and perfumes, would reach $20 billion by 2030.

With a projected 25% CAGR, the organised sector is poised to capture 44% of the market, quickly displacing the unorganised channels. Importers who care about their reputations cannot turn a blind eye to issues like mismatched registration numbers and unapproved warehouse moves. According to the 2025 Outlook report by the Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA), the direct selling sector's second-largest market is personal care and cosmetics items. A record-breaking INR 23,021 crore was generated by these products, accounting for 26% of the total.