SFDA Finalized the First Batch of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China

Cosmetic ingredients that have been included in the Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China (IECIC) are exempted from registration with Ch…

EU bans animal testing for cosmetics

On March 11 2013, European Commission officially published the 7^th edition of EU cosmetics irective which bans animal testing for cosmetics within EU territory and has come into force on the same day.

China MoH to Release over 200 Additives Used in Food Contact Materials Soon

In the last three years, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) has been entrusted by the MoH to collect and evaluate additives used in food contact materials, with exceptions made for 959 additives that have been specified in the GB 9685-2008.

NRCC to Train the HCs Registration Personnel of Local Offices

On 5 Mar 2013, the National Registration Center for Chemicals (NRCC) of SAWS informed its provincial Registration Offices that two training sessions for registration of hazardous chemicals will be held at Chengdu and Wuhan. The sessions are to prepare the registration personnel from the local offices for the practical registration work in the near future.

AQSIQ Revised Licensing Rules for Pesticide Manufacturers

On 5 Feb 2013, China General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) publish the Announcement 23 of 2013 to revise th…

ECHA announces guidelines to decrease delays plaguing the submission of registration dossiers.

On March 1, 2013, ECHA published a notice, reminding registrants to contact ECHA for solutions to problemsprior to the approaching submission deadline…

Future Regulatory Initiatives to be Launched by China MEP during the 12TH FYP

The MEP’s“12th Five-Year Plan for the Environmental Risk Control on Chemicals” has blueprinted the chemicals and companies/industries to be monitored …

SAWS Removes Some Industries Subject to the HazChems Safe Use Permit

China SAWS released on 25 Feb the updated Catalogue of industries applicable for Hazardous Chemicals Safe Use Permit 2013 (hereinafter as “Catalogue”) to replace its previous version issued in 2011.

Companies that are included in the Catalogue and use HCs (for production purpose) with use quantities reaching the threshold annual tonnage specified in the “Use quantities standard for hazardous chemicals” are required to obtain the HCs Safety Use Permit, according to the SAWS Order 57 (Chemlinked news on 29 Nov 2012).

The Catalogue 2011 contains 3 main industries, which are divided into 12 sub-categories with 38 types of products. Compared with it, the newly-updated version has cut two sub-categories and 13 specific products shown below:

Thailand Re-Classifies Household Hazardous Substances

Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced on 12 Dec 2012 a revision of thehazardous substance list regarding a batch of chemicals used…

New Good Supply Practice for Pharmaceutical Products Issued

The Good Supply Practice for Pharmaceutical Products (GSP) has been issued by the MOH on 22 Jan 2013 and will come into effect on 1 Jun 2013. The new …