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Food

Food Regulation Highlights in China | August 2022

To help food business stakeholders to navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape in the global food industry, ChemLinked presented Global Food Regulation Highlights, a monthly report which ...

2022-09-05

Food

China Consults on 10 New Food-Related Products, Including New Additives, FCMs, and Resins

On August 23, 2022, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) opened 10 new food-related products for public comments, including 2 new additives for food contact materials (FCM), 4 ...

2022-09-05

Pharmaceutical

Chinese Pharmacopoeia: Understanding 42 Guidelines [English Version Available]

Chinese Pharmacopoeia is an official collection of drug standards, covering drug development, production, sale, utilization, supervision, and control in China. It is compiled by the Chinese ...

2022-09-05

Agrochemical

Pesticide Registration: China Rejects Pesticide Product Registration for Efficacy Issues

When companies register pesticide products, China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) always focuses on reviewing the safety and effectiveness of the product. If the product to be registered is inactive ...

2022-09-02

Cosmetic

Cosmetics Regulation: EU Amends the Use Requirements for 2 UV Filters

On July 7, 2022, in a published official journal, the EU updated the use requirements for two UV filters in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Cosmetics Regulation), Benzophenone-3 (CAS No. ...

2022-09-01

Food

Food Additive: China Consults on 13 New Food Additives, Involving Infant Formula

On August 20, 2022, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) opened 13 new food additives for public comment, including 11 new food nutrition fortifiers and 2 food additives with ...

2022-08-31

Food

Food Regulations: China Publishes the 14th Five-Year Plan for Food Safety Standard, Monitoring and Evaluation

To advance the construction of “Healthy China 2030" and fully implement the requirements of China’s Food Safety Law, the National Health Commission publishes the “14th Five-Year Plan for Food Safety ...

2022-08-30

Sustainability

Carbon Neutral: China to Build a System for Carbon Emission Calculation

China strives to build a unified and standardized system for carbon emission calculation. On August 19, 2022, China released a plan to accelerate the construction of a system to calculate carbon ...

2022-08-30

Food

Health Food: China Consults on Regulations on Technical Evaluation of New Functions

As per the notification released on August 2, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) unveiled the draft version of Detailed Rules on Implementation for Technical Evaluation of ...

2022-08-29

Pharmaceutical

How to Get Drug Marketing Authorization Holder (MAH) Agency Services in China

In China, pharmaceutical companies or research institutes with drug registration certificates are drug marketing authorization holders (MAHs). According to the Drug Administration Law, marketing ...

2022-08-29