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Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

China Issues List of Non-compliant Imported Food Contact Materials and Products for First Quarter 2018

In the first quarter of 2018, China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) published a list of 69 imported non-compliant industrial products, among which 7 ...

2018-05-03

Agrochemical

Are you interested in obtaining Union authorisation for your biocidal product?

Union authorisation allows companies to place a biocidal product on the EU market without the need for specific national authorisation. It is designed for products that share similar conditions of ...

2018-04-26

Agrochemical

Phthalates are tackled in food packaging in US

In a press release published on March 29, 2018, Democratic senator from California Dianne Feinstein announced plans to introduce legislation banning phthalates in food packaging, envisaging a ...

2018-04-24

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

Analysis of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification System for the First Quarter of 2018

The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed（RASFF）is a key tool which secures the flow of information necessary for a swift reaction when risks to public health are detected in the food chain. RASFF ...

2018-04-23

Agrochemical

Latest progress on the active substances for plant protection products approaching their expiration in EU in 2018

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/524 was recently published in the official Journal of the European Union to extend the approval periods of a group of pesticide active substances which ...

2018-04-23

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

An Analysis of China New Food Contact Material Substances in 2017

According to the article 37 of Food Safety Law, related safety assessment materials for new food-related products, such as new food varieties, new food raw materials, and new food additives, should ...

2018-04-17

Agrochemical

South Korea Enacts Household Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Acts (K-BPR)

Takehome: K-BPR= Product of Risk Concern under K-REACH+EU BPR Biocidal active substances and biocidal products previously notified to the MoE can still be marketed for up to 10 years; A list of ...

2018-04-04

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

Overview of RASFF Food Contact Material Notification in March 2018

There are 11 RASFF notifications on food contact materials in March 2018，in which there are 6 food contact material products from China (including Hongkong), accounted for 54%. The main hazards for ...

2018-04-02

Agrochemical

Are You Ready? ——the Authorization Deadline for Calcium Hypochlorite is Approaching

The deadline for applying for product authorization issued by European Chemical agency (ECHA) has been set for 1 January 2019 (see details in table 1). Therefore, companies should submit the ...

2018-03-30

Industrial Chemical

ECHA offers speedier processing times for REACH dossiers

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has just released a notification for companies that are interested in submitting their REACH dossier in the face of its current May 31st 2018 deadline. Companies ...

2018-03-16