Apply In-Person:

1. To Modify or Update Imported Cosmetics Registration, the applicant has to visit the Tanzania Medicines & Medical Devices Authority Link
2. Applicants must obtain the application form from the office and fill it up with all the necessary information in it.
3. Documents that are needed for completing this procedure are mentioned under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
4. Applicants should attach photocopies of needed documents along with the application form while submitting it at the office.
5. The Fee for this procedure has to be provided as per the authority’s request.
6. Once the fee is paid, the receipt for the payment will be provided by concerned authorities, the receipt has to be kept safe by the applicant for future use.
7. The processing time for this procedure will be mentioned by the concerned authorities.
8. Applicant will get a notification via SMS or E-mail regarding the availability of the document, right after receiving the notification, the applicant can visit the office and get their document.
9. If there is no information regarding the license that needs to be provided, the applicant can visit the office and know the status of their application.

Apply Online

1. Application form for modifying or updating Imported Cosmetics Registration is available in the following Link.
2. If Applicants is a registered user, they have to Sign In by providing their “Trader No”, “Email Address” and “Password”.
3. If the Applicants is a new user, they have to Sign-Up by clicking on “Sign-Up(Create Account” tab available at the right corner of the Sign in tab.
4. For getting the Sign-up done, the Applicants must provide information that are asked in the following page – “Email Address”, “Trader Name”, “Country”, “Region/City”, “District”, “Postal Address”, “Physical Address”, “Contact Person”, “Mobile Number”, “TIN No”.
5. Finally, click on “Submit Account Registration Details” for completing the Sign-up process.
6. After signing up, the Applicants can Sign in, using their “Email Address”, “Trade No” and “Password”.
7. After signing in, Applicants must click on “Register Imported Cosmetics” for opening the needed application form for this procedure.
8. Once the application form opens, Applicants must provide all information that are requested in it.
9. Applicants must attach digital copies of all documents that are requested along with the application form before clicking on “Submit”.
10. Fee for this procedure can be paid online.
11. If all these procedures were completed properly, Applicants must click on “Submit” for uploading all details and submitting their application form.
12. If all these procedures were followed properly by the Applicants, the license or permit will be provided within a stipulated time.

• Covering Letter from the Applicants
• Power of Attorney
• Completed Application Form
• Original or a copy of Label
• Marketing Authorization letter
• Product Specification and testing protocols
• List of countries in which the import permission or registration was granted
• Insert a pack or a sample of cosmetics
• Soft copies of information about the brand, product and manufacturer

Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority,
Physical Address:
P.O. Box 1253,
Dodoma or P.O. Box 77150,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Hotline: +255 22 2450512 / 2450751 / 2452108
Fax: Nō: +255 22 2450793
Email Address: info@tmda.go.tzv
Contact Link
Location Link
Official Link

• Any Individual or business owners who have already registered their products and are willing to update or modify information are eligible.

• The Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.

• This license is valid for the period mentioned in it.

Please attach some documents that might help.

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time for this procedure will be mentioned by concerned authorities.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since January 1908.

• Name of the Applicants
• Reason for modification
• Product Manufacturing premises
• Postal Address
• Email Address
• Mobile Number

• Modification of Imported Cosmetics Registration is necessary for modification of already or previously registered cosmetics in Tanzania.

• Guidelines for registration of cosmetics is available in the following link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Tanzania Medicines & Medical Devices Authority Link

More information which might help people.