Agrochemical

How to Amend a Registered Pesticide Product under the U.S. EPA?

As is well known, the US EPA pesticide registration has always been a difficult task for pesticide enterprises. Enterprises usually have to spend a huge amount of cost to complete a pesticide ...

2022-04-11

Industrial Chemical

Chemical Regulatory Updates in Asia-Pacific Region | March 2022

Chinese Mainland China Cancels Filing of Imported Coatings, Custom Inspection Still Required (March 1, 2022) On March 1, 2022, China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) issued Order No. 257, ...

2022-04-11

Cosmetic

China Cosmetic Regulatory Updates | March 2022

China NMPA Approves One New Cosmetic Ingredient In March 2022, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) updated the notification information of one new cosmetic ingredient (NCI). The ...

2022-04-08

Pharmaceutical

China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Updates | March 2022

China NMPA Releases the 52nd List of RLDs On March 11, China NMPA released the 52nd List of Reference Listed Drugs (RLDs). The list covers 52 drugs, including Abbott's Complex Packing Estradiol ...

2022-04-08

Cosmetic

Breaking! China to Release the Safety and Technical Standard for Cosmetics 2022 (STSC 2022)

On March 31, 2022, China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) released a draft of the Safety and Technical Standard for Cosmetics 2022 (hereinafter referred to as "draft STSC 2022") ...

2022-04-02

Industrial Chemical

U.S. EPA Issues Additional Test Orders to Support Risk Evaluation under TSCA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a second round of test orders under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to obtain additional data on eight of the next 20 ...

2022-03-31

Industrial Chemical

EU REACH: EU Member States plan to evaluate 27 substances in 2022-2024

The European Chemicals Agency(ECHA)  lists 27 substances for evaluation by EU Member States under the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2022-2024 under EU REACH. Four of the substances are ...

2022-03-31

Cosmetic

China New Cosmetic Ingredient Notification: The Current Situation

Starting from May 1, 2021, China has implemented a notification system for general cosmetics and low-risk new cosmetic ingredients. Under the new system, as long as companies completed the submission ...

2022-03-30

Industrial Chemical

China Issues 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for Safe Production of Hazardous Chemicals

On March 21, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) issued the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for Safe Production of Hazardous Chemicals (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), with ...

2022-03-24

Food

China to Tighten Supervision over the Health Food Logo

On March 21, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a drafted notice regarding the supervision over the health food logo. Comments can be sent to bjspjgc@163.com till ...

2022-03-23