Japan to Consider Allowing Import, and Use of Medical C…
Cannabis products for medicinal use may be allowed to be imported and used in Japan in the near future. On 29 September 2022, A Japanese hea…
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Health Canada’s Proposes to Enable the Use of alpha-C…
Health Canada’s Food Directorate completed a detailed premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the u…
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European Commission Publishes the Omnibus Act V
On 15 September 2022, The European Commission published a new regulation, modifying Annex II, III, and V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223…
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EU: Publication of the 5th Regulation on CMRs
The European Union has just published Regulation 2022/1531, the 5th annual text aiming to ban or regulate substances recently classified as …
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NHC Solicited Opinions on “18 National Food Safety St…
On September 8th, 2022, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) released 18 national food safety standard drafts on food additives fo…
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FDA’s Proposed Rule: Nutrient Content Claims; Def…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to update the definition for the implied nutrient content claim “healthy” to be cons…
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China Launched The National Cosmetic Adverse Reaction M…
On September 19th, 2022, the NMPA (National Medical Products Administration) issued a notice on the launch of the new version of the Nationa…
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EC: Draft Regulation for the Restriction of Microplasti…
European Commission introduces a restriction on using of microparticles in cosmetics products. The new regulations, once implemented, mean t…
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South Korea Amended Food Additives Standards, Related t…
On August 8th, 2022, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) published MFDS Notice No.2022-55 proposing to amend certain rules in the St…
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China Released Seven New Food Ingredients, Includes Lac…
On September 7th, 2022, the NHC Released the “7 new food ingredients”. The 7 ingredients include 1 food additives-Enzyme preparations …
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