Food

China SAMR Consults on Health Food Toxicology and Strain Pathogenicity Evaluation Standards

On Apr. 4, 2019, China SAMR opened “Health Food Toxicology Evaluation Procedure Standards” and “Health Food Strain Pathogenicity Evaluation Procedure Standard” for public feedback.   Read ...

2019-04-12

Food

CFSA Consults on New Food Additives Derived from Recombinant Biotech

Takehome: China is now soliciting opinions on 7 new food additives, including 6 food additives derived from recombinant biotechnology (bacterial horizontal gene transfer). New bacterial expression ...

2019-04-12

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

China CFSA Consults on 4 New Additives and 6 Resins for Food Contact Materials

Takehome: The majority of additives and resins included in these amendments are applied in food-contact paints and coating. On Mar. 21, 2019, China CFSA opened public feedback on 10 new food related ...

2019-03-31

Disinfectant & Biocide

How to enjoy a buffer period for placing biocidal products in Korea for more for 10 years? –Get your K-BPR Notification before June 30th!

Korea household chemicals and Biocides Safety Management Act (K-BPR) already took into force since 1 January 2019. There are four groups (disinfectant, pest control, preservative and others) and 15 ...

2019-03-27

Agrochemical

China Pesticide Registration: Risk Pre-assessment Creates Sustainable Development Opportunities

On September 13, 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China officially the Regulation on the Management of Pesticides which included a provision which added pesticide risk ...

2018-12-13

Disinfectant & Biocide

ECHA’s Biocidal Products Committee Proposes Not to Approve Three Silver-Containing Active Substances

At present, many products in the market contain silver ions, such as silver ions anti-bacterial clothing, silver ions anti-bacterial mobile phone film, silver ions anti-bacterial wet wipes, etc. But ...

2018-11-20

Disinfectant & Biocide

ECHA Sums Up its BPR Implementation and Enforcement over the Past Five Years!

Five years have passed since the European Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) became effective back in September 2013. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) decided to celebrate this date by holding a ...

2018-11-15

Agrochemical

South Korea to Release K-BPR Key Implementation Details

On March 20, 2018, the South Korean government officially promulgated law No. 15511 (K-BPR), which will be officially put into effect on January 1, 2019, with a sub-decree to be issued in December. ...

2018-11-06

Industrial Chemical

EU Says NO to the Import of Toys Containing Lead and Phenol

In order to ensure the protection of children against risks caused by chemical substances in toys, on October 28, 2018, an amendment to EU Directive 2017/738 on lead limits in Appendix II of the Toy ...

2018-10-29

Agrochemical

Union Authorisation One Application for the Whole European Union

The European Union authorisation is a new form of authorization which was recently introduced into the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), promulgated on 1st September, 2013. Based on the new article, this Union-level authorization will allow products to be sold in all EU countries at one same time.

2018-10-11