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Pharmaceutical

China Suspends UCB's Antiepileptic Drug "Keppra" from Import, Sale, and Use

On Aug. 24, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) suspended the import, sale, and use of UCB Pharma S.A.'s Levetiracetam Concentrated Solution for Injection (Keppra), a drug for ...

2022-08-29

Disinfectant & Biocide

What to Do After EPA Disinfectant Registration: State, Supplemental, and Amendment Registration

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the US EPA has issued a series of friendly policies to encourage companies to register disinfectants to meet the demands for disinfectants by US citizens. Driven by ...

2022-08-26

Food

Health Food: Status Quo of China's Imported Health Food Registration/Filing in H1 2022

164 imported health food has been granted filing approvals by the end of H1 2022, while registration approval has been halted since 2018. 23 imported health food has been granted filing approvals ...

2022-08-25

Cosmetic

Cosmetic Standard: China Releases First Clean Beauty Standard

On July 10, 2022, the Guangdong Cosmetics Association released the first clean beauty standard. Based on the concepts of openness, transparency, and traceability, clean beauty should be responsible ...

2022-08-24

Food

GB 2762-2022: China Approves National Food Safety Standard Maximum Levels of Contaminants in Foods

The new standard revises the maximum level of lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, chromium, benzo[a]pyrene, and polychlorinated biphenyls in foods. Foods are now subject to stricter limits of ...

2022-08-23

Disinfectant & Biocide

K-BPR: South Korea Expands QR Codes Pilot to 39 Household Chemical Products Subject to Safety Confirmation

South Korea piloted QR codes for disinfectants from Sep 2021 and expanded it to include all listed household products (39 sub-categories) from June 2022. South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) ...

2022-08-22

Industrial Chemical

K-REACH: South Korea to Update Hazard Assessment Results of New Chemical Substances

On July 22, 2022, South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) issued the NIER Announcement No.2022-317, seeking public comments on the updates of the hazard assessment results ...

2022-08-19

Industrial Chemical

Dangerous Goods Transportation: Shanghai Strengthens Digitalization in Road Transportation & Storage

On August 8, 2022, Shanghai Municipal Transport Commission, jointly with the Shanghai Emergency Management Bureau and Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, unveiled the Notification on Further ...

2022-08-18

Industrial Chemical

Japan CSCL: 185 New Chemical Substances Evaluated to be General Chemical Substances

On July 29, 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) released Joint Notice No.4, ...

2022-08-17

Food

China Unveils 2022 Food GB Standard Legislation Plan, Involving 41 Standards

Update On August 5, 2022, China NHC officially unveiled the 2022 National Food Safety Standard Legislation Plan with no changes from the draft version. It is believed that various works on the ...

2022-08-16