Food

Four Possible Pathways to Steer China CBEC Regulatory Reform

One of the hotly debated issues in this China’s 2017 national consumer rights day was the revelation that banned food products allegedly produced in irradiated areas of Japan were being sold in China....

2017-05-26

Food

New Environment for Overseas Functional Foods and Supplements in China

The fast development of cross border ecommerce in China offers new opportunities for overseas functional foods and supplements enterprises, and many overseas brands are already entering Chinese ...

2017-05-26

Agrochemical

Food Contact Notification（FCN）News in March 2017

According to FDA official website, 6 food contact notifications (FCN) have been approved by FDA in March, and their information is shown in the table below: Notifier Effective Date Name of The ...

2017-05-22

Industrial Chemical

List of K-REACH Lead Registrants Published for 316 PECs

News Source: ChemLinked Takehome: 8 PECs subject to K-REACH joint registration finished LR (lead registrants) election in Apr 2017. So far LR election has been completed for 316 PECs and there are ...

2017-05-05

Food

Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in April 2017

There are 6 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in April 2017，in which there are 3 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for50%. The main hazards for the ...

2017-05-04

Agrochemical

Chinese New Pesticide Regulation: Inter-Departmental Comments on 5 Draft Supporting Rules

On 1 April, China MoA (Ministry of Agriculture) released the drafts of 5 supporting regulations for the newly promulgated pesticide regulation, which were currently under internal consultation among ...

2017-04-17

Agrochemical

Analysis of Chinese New Pesticide Regulation: Risk Assessment and Benefit Evaluation Firstly Required

According to the draft of “Administrative Measures for the Registration of Pesticide”, the “Risk Assessment Report” and the” Benefit Evaluation Report” will be required for pesticide registration. ...

2017-04-17

Agrochemical

Chinese New Pesticide Regulation: GLP MAD to be Promoted

MoA will accept the study report on product chemistry and toxicity obtained by overseas GLP-compliant laboratories from a country which has mutual or multilateral agreement on data acceptance with ...

2017-04-17

Agrochemical

Chinese New Pesticide Regulation: Pesticide Marketing and Labeling

Literally interpreted, the range of pesticide marketing has been broaden from only 7 types of entities(marketing entities under the state owned supply and marketing cooperatives, plant protection ...

2017-04-17

Agrochemical

China Promulgates New Pesticide Regulation

From June 1st 2017, China’s Ministry of Agriculture will be the sole regulatory authority empowered to undertake supervision and enforcement of regulations related to pesticide registration, ...

2017-04-17