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Early this year, MUJI announced a worldwide recall of its bottled water products after detecting excessive bromate contaminant, a disinfection by-prod…
On Apr. 4, 2019, China SAMR opened “Health Food Toxicology Evaluation Procedure Standards” and “Health Food Strain Pathogenicity Evaluation Procedure …
Takehome: China is now soliciting opinions on 7 new food additives, including 6 food additives derived from recombinant biotechnology (bacterial horiz…
Takehome: On April 1st, 2019, China approved the registration of 24 infant formulae, including a goat milk infant formula product line. On April 1st, …
Takehome: China will take the unprecedented step of appending its health food raw materials directory (essentially a positive list of ingredients that…
Takehome: The majority of additives and resins included in these amendments are applied in food-contact paints and coating. On Mar. 21, 2019, China CF…
Takehome: China is currently consulting on proposed amendments to the permitted terminology, scope of claims and appropriateness of the 27 functional …
Korea household chemicals and Biocides Safety Management Act (K-BPR) already took into force since 1 January 2019. There are four groups (disinfectant…
Takehome: Delays in the release of detailed rules for FSMP production license stymie domestic interests while overseas enterprises dominate the market…
Takehome: Both Tmall and JD are regulating the scope of health food and health related food products sold on their platforms. Both companies have stop…