INDUSTRY NEWS
On 3 Jan 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs announced 15 labs have passed through a qualification review. These labs will be…
Takehome: Cosmetic importers/manufacturers shall submit a grade evaluation report on cosmetic packaging to Korea Environment Corporation (KEC) to obta…
Takehome: Japan MHLW proposed to designate six more poisonous or deleterious substances. On December 5, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor a…
On 18 Dec 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs issued the “Plan for the Trial Implementation of Quality Certificate of Agricul…
Take home: SAMR has opened draft versions of the updated directories of raw materials and claims of health food nutrient supplements to public fee…
On Dec. 3, 2019, China GAC updated the list of enterprises which have been granted infant formula overseas manufacturer registration approval in China…
Takehome: The rate of approval of infant formula recipe registration applications is expected to slow down going forward. As revealed by NMPA’s notic…
Takehome: Except for health food, food products are prohibited to declare any health food functional labeling/advertising claims or related terminolog…
Takehome: Registration of health foods will no longer be contingent on proving functional efficacy and safety through mandatory human clinical trials;…
Takehome: The CFSA proposed the approval of 9 new varieties of food additives and 5 additives and resins used in food contact materials. On Oct 16, 20…