India, May 21 -- Products consumed in an injectable preparation do not fall under the category of cosmetics, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) said on Thursday in a public notice clarifying the meaning and use of cosmetic products in India. The government body clarified that only products used externally to "beautify" or "alter appearance" are cosmetics and that the terminology cannot be applied to products injected into the body.

The notice covered key topics such as definition, ingredients used, prevention of injections, mislabeling of products, and treatments. It comes at a time when surgical beauty procedures that involve injecting substances into the body are becoming popular in India as cosmetic treatments.

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