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Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

Food Contact Notification (FCN) News in January 2018

According to FDA official website, 4 food contact notifications (FCN) have been approved by FDA in January, and the details are shown in the table below: Notifier Effective Date Name of The Substance ...

2018-03-06

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

Food Contact Notification (FCN) News in December 2017

According to FDA official website, 15 food contact notifications (FCN) have been approved by FDA in December, and the details are shown in the table below: Notifier Effective Date Name of The ...

2018-03-06

REACH24H Annual Review: Top 10 News on Global Disinfectant Regulation

1. 【EU BPR】The First opinion on Union authorization was adoptedThe Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) supported applications for EU-wide access to the market  of two biocidal product families ...

2018-01-16

Agrochemical

REACH24H Annual Review: Top 10 News on Global Pesticide Management

No.1 Top-down Renewal of Pesticide Regulations in China On 8 Feb 2017, China’s State Council approved the revised draft of “Regulation on the Administration of Pesticides”, which was implemented as ...

2018-01-15

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

Annual review of China's administrative license of new food contact materials and articles in 2017

According to the article 37 of the food safety law, related safety assessment materials for new food-related products such as new food varieties, new food raw materials, as well as new food additives ...

2018-01-10

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

2017 Top 10 events on China, Europe and US Food Contact Materials Regulations

Apart from food safety challenges, safety issues caused by food contact materials have nowadays become relatively frequent. It comes as no surprise that regulations on food contact materials have ...

2018-01-08

Agrochemical

South Korea passes new biocides law (K-BPR)

Six years ago, more than one hundred person, mainly pregnant women and children died of unexplained lung disease caused by inhalation of fungicides in the humidifier. As of 2016, the government ...

2017-11-28

Agrochemical

Deadline approaching - January 1, 2018 for the Inventory Notification under Turkish Biocidal Products Regulation

For the biocidal products whose Product Types are 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22 and 23 under Turkish Biocidal Products Regulation (Turkish BPR), the Inventory Notification should be submitted to the ...

2017-11-28

Agrochemical

ANSES withdraws marketing authorisation for Basta F1, a plant protection product containing glufosinate

On 24 October 2017, ANSES withdrew the marketing authorisation for the only plant protection product containing glufosinate authorised in France, Basta F1, marketed by Bayer SAS, as well as the ...

2017-11-13

Food Contact Material & Recycled Plastic

China Approved 12 New Food Contact Materials Substances

Takehome: On April 30, 2019, China approved the registration of 21 infant formulae and rejected 3 applications. On April 30, 2019, NMPA (National Medical Products Administration) issued a notice ...

2017-11-05