Article 32 of the Saudi Cosmetics Law

This article specifies what happens to seized cosmetic products when any violation of the Law or its Regulations is detected. It contains five measures:

1. Holding the products and the documents relating to them, where necessary.
2. Taking samples for analysis, if required.
3. Destroying spoiled products, which under Article 1 are those whose physical or chemical properties or microbial content have changed.
4. Destroying counterfeit products, which are those whose content, identity or source has been deliberately altered.
5. Destroying products not listed with the Authority.

Note that the first and second measures are tied to need ("where necessary" and "if required"), whereas the text specifies three kinds of products for destruction: spoiled, counterfeit and unlisted. On the face of the text, an unlisted product is destroyed even if it is neither spoiled nor counterfeit.

Article 31 lists the acts that count as violations, such as fraud and circulating counterfeit or spoiled products. Article 33 then explains that destruction is carried out by one or more committees formed for this purpose, whose formation and manner of work the Regulations set, and that the violator bears the costs of destruction. Anyone from whom products have been seized and who wants to know their position can consult a lawyer specializing in commercial law and food and drug regulations.