(NAR) VOL. IV NO. 4 / OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1993
"Manufacturer means any person who manufactures, assembles or processes consumer products except that if the goods are manufactured, assembled, or processed for another person who attaches his own brand name to the consumer products, the latter shall be deemed the manufacturer. In case of imported products, the manufacturer's representative or, in his absence, the imported, shall be deemed the manufacturer." (Article 4 [as] RA 7394)a) The contract-manufacturer shall be duly licensed by the BFAD.
In view thereof, and holding the "brand owners" or cosmetic traders responsible for the quality, safety, and purity of the cosmetic products, such cosmetic traders shall no longer be required to INDICATE THE MANUFACTURER on the label of the cosmetic products, provided that: