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On 25 May 2023, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule that will accelerate the use of plant-incorporated biotechnologies to p…
This is a collection of regulatory updates in Europe and North America, including EU REACH, UK REACH, and US TSCA. European Union, United Kingdom &…
This is a collection of regulatory updates in Asia-Pacific regions, including China REACH, K-REACH, Japan CSCL, etc. 🇨🇳China The Chinese Ministry of E…
The main amendments include: 1) adding 42 prohibited ingredients, and revising the requirements for 1 prohibited ingredient; 2) revising the requireme…
In September 2020 and June 2022, China NMPA issued two drafts of Measures for the Management of Cosmetic Sampling Testing (Measures). Finally, on Janu…
Under certain conditions, notifiers or entrusted manufacturers of Chinese domestic low-risk cosmetics are allowed to conduct self-testing and submit t…
The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) announced to impose “Document Review + Port Inspection or Destination Inspection” on each batch …
On Mar. 3, 2023, China Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) released six Q&As on drug master file (DMF) filing (Q&A No. 1-2) and drug application’…
On Jan. 1, 2023, China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) started to require that all documents for drug registration applications, as we…
From November 29, 2024, companies are prohibited from using lead in PVC articles in the European Economic Area (provided that the concentration level …