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Industrial Chemical

How to Protect Your EU REACH Registration Number?

The registration number is a necessary condition for enterprises to enter the EU market, and it's very difficult to distinguish whether the registration number is true or not in the industry ...

2020-02-29

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

2019 Compliance Review: Global Food Contact Materials Management Requirements

An important role in the food chain, food contact materials are used in various links in food production, such as packaging, storage, and transportation. Food containers and packaging materials in ...

2020-02-29

Disinfectant & Biocide

2019 Compliance Review: Disinfectants Regulatory Updates in China, EU and US

[China] Requirements for the Health and Safety Evaluation of Disinfection Products is Officially Implemented On March 1, 2019, a set of requirements for the health and safety evaluation of ...

2020-02-29

Expedited Market Entry for Imported Disinfectants: China's Emergency Response Green Channel

In response to the tight supply of disinfectants caused by 2019 Novel Coronavirus(2019-nCoV), on February 3, 2020, the National Health Committee released "The Emergency Product Launching ...

2020-02-06

Food

China NHC Consults on GB 7718 General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods and 12 Other National Food Safety Standards

Takehome: Compared to its predecessor GB 7718-2011, the new GB 7718 includes a chapter stipulating the labeling requirements of imported prepackaged food, including character requirements, ingredient ...

2020-01-17

Cosmetic

The Skin Microbiome and Cosmetics

Takehome: Developing products that foster healthy skin microbiome is a new product development trend in the cosmetic industry, which is attracting the attention of the major players and niche brands ...

2020-01-10

Industrial Chemical

MEM Officially Issues the Guideline for Hazchem Enterprises on Emergency Preparations for Production Safety Accidents

Takehome: The Guideline introduces the fourteen essential factors in the emergency preparation and provides a worksheet containing the specifics of these factors as annex for reference. The emergency ...

2020-01-10

Agrochemical

MoARA Designates 15 Sample Inspection Labs for Fertilizer Registration

On 3 Jan 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs announced 15 labs have passed through a qualification review. These labs will be designated as sample inspection labs for ...

2020-01-07

Cosmetic

South Korea Requires Cosmetics to Label Packaging Material Grade

Takehome: Cosmetic importers/manufacturers shall submit a grade evaluation report on cosmetic packaging to Korea Environment Corporation (KEC) to obtain the confirmation of the grade. Most of the ...

2020-01-06

Industrial Chemical

Japan MHLW Proposes Addition of Six Poisonous or Deleterious Chemical Substances

Takehome: Japan MHLW proposed to designate six more poisonous or deleterious substances. On December 5, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) held an internal meeting. Based ...

2019-12-27