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More Severe Punishment for Non-Compliance of the Revised HC Registration Measures

SAWS to Enforce More Severe Punishment for Non-Compliance of the Revised HC Registration Measures   August 23, 2012   The recently released “Measures for the Administration of Registration of Hazardous Chemicals” (SAWS Order 53) has just come into force in China on Aug 1st, 2012. Besides the attention-grabbing changes in the regulated scope (“Catalogue of hazardous chemicals in China”), legal entity (both manufacturers and importers are included for registration) and registration contents, SAWS will impose more severe punishment on those who do not comply with this newly released Measures.

2012-08-23

Cosmetic

SFDA consults on a newly-added licensing procedure for special use cosmetics

On August 20, 2012, SFDA started to seek public comments on a notice concerning a newly-added licensing procedure to further regulate the format and content of submitted application dossiers.   22 August 2012   Under the notice, SFDA will issue a new result “recommend approval after information supplementation”, if the following situations occur:

2012-08-22

Cosmetic

SFDA Simplifies Modification Application of Cosmetic Administrative Licensing

SFDA consults on a draft notice of further simplifying modification of companies’ names or addresses on the condition that the production site does not been changed.     20 August 2012   According to the notice, cosmetic manufacturers that already obtain the hygiene license or record keeping certificate from SFDA, are allowed to apply for one-time modification of names, addresses, responsible agents in China together with product information that is under processing. Documents that have been submitted before need not submitting repeatedly.

2012-08-22

Industrial Chemical

China Plans on New GHS Standards by 2014

China releases plan to formulate and revise a bunch of national standards: GB 13690 to be revised again and the first GB standard on GHS classification for chemical hazard to the ozone layer is officially put on the agenda   20 August 2012   China is beginning from 2012 the formulation and revision of two compulsory national standards (so called GB standards) regarding China GHS classification, according to a recent ministerial notice issued from China’s Standardization Administration (SAC) on August the 13th. The two GBs will go together with in all over two thousand compulsory (1,124) and recommended (1,052) national standards which SAC has determined to lay down by 2014 as a first group of its 2012 national standard plan.

2012-08-20

Cosmetic

Four HJ Standards concerning Food and Cosmetics

Shan Xi CIQ formulated four industrial standards regarding testing methods for food and cosmetics imported and exported August 15, 2012   With a view to filling in the blanks of some fields regarding to inspection of imported and exported food and cosmetics, recently, four industrial standards (HJ), formulated by Shan Xi Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, have passed the examination organized by the Certificate and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA) and got the approval.

2012-08-15

Cosmetic

AQSIQ Emphasizes Safety Evaluation Information for Cosmetics Imported and Exported

AQSIQ published the announcement 110 of 2012 to emphasize the safety evaluation information of cosmetics imported and exported    

2012-08-10

Cosmetic

SFDA Consulting on Approval of Phenylethyl Resorcinol as Cosmetic Raw Material

SFDA Consulting on Approval of Phenylethyl Resorcinol as a Cosmetic Raw Material   On 7 August, 2012, SFDA started to seek views on approval of Phenylethyl Resorcinol as a cosmetic raw material. The deadline for this commentary is 31 August, 2012.

2012-08-08

Cosmetic

Shanghai CIQ released must-know for the inspection of cosmetics imported into China

Shanghai CIQ specifies requirements for the consignees of imported trade cosmetics who shall apply for record keeping for themselves and provide documents needed for product inspection.   31 July, 2012   Under the guidance of Measures for the Inspection, Quarantine and Supervision of Imported and Exported Cosmetics (AQSIQ Order 143), Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (Shanghai CIQ) published the notice on inspection of cosmetics imported into China through Shanghai Port.

2012-07-31

Cosmetic

Special Check on Domestic Non-Special Use Cosmetics

Recently, Fujian Food and Drug Administration carried out a special check on domestic non-special use cosmetics. Enterprises involved in the production of whitening, acne-removal, anti-wrinkle ...

2012-07-25

Cosmetic

SFDA Issued Second Batch of IECIC (draft)

SFDA is seeking public commentary on the draft proposal of second batch of Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredient in China (IECIC)   2 July, 2012 With a view to strengthen the management of cosmetic raw material, China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has released the second batch of IECIC on 28 June, 2012 for public consultation. The deadline for comments is 15 July, 2012.

2012-07-02