Query: I am writing to you with great enthusiasm about our upcoming venture in the manufacturing and distribution of home-made herbal cosmetics in the local market. We are planning to start on a small scale and focus on serving our immediate community. I am reaching out to inquire about the necessary licenses and permits required for manufacturing in home and selling cosmetics in local area. Your guidance on this matter would be invaluable to us as we take our first steps into this endeavor... Response: For making any type of cosmetics in India, there is a requirement of manufacturing license. You can manufacture herbal cosmetics by taking either of following license i.e. ayush manufacturing license or cosmetic manufacturing license. check links to know more: How to Start Cosmetic Manufacturing Company? How to start Ayurvedic cosmetic Manufacturing Company
For starting Unani Medicines manufacturing unit and get unani medicine manufacturing licence, you should have minimum of 1200 square feet covered premises with specifications mention under schedule T (Good manufacturing practice of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani system of medicine) of drug and cosmetic act & rules. You can divide your premises into partition depend at dosage form, you want to manufacture at unani manufacturing unit. Along with above mentioned space criteria, you have to fulfil technical staff requirement mentioned below: For manufacturing chemist: A person should be either A degree in Unani system of medicine, as the case may be, conferred by a University, a State Government or Statutory Faculties, Councils and Boards of Indian Systems of Medicines recognized by the Central government or a State Government for this purpose, or A diploma in Unani system of medicine granted by a State Government for this purpose, or A graduate in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutic