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We are pleased to announce Chinese Cosmetic Ingredient Regulatory Database (China CosIng) is updated again! This time, we add the catalog of Usage Information for Ingredients in Marketed Products in China CosIng to better help global cosmetic companies and ingredient suppliers comply with cosmetic regulatory requirements in China. The catalog contains 2234 ingredients. The powerful new China CosIng is available in English, Japanese, and Korean.
On May 15, 2024, in accordance with the Administrative Measures for Foods for Special Medical Purposes Registration (Announcement No. 85) issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), the Center for Food Evaluation (CFE) has reviewed the registration applications for FSMP seeking priority review and approval, and is now making public FSMP proposed for this procedure. The public notice period is 5 working days.
On April 30, 2024, the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control released seven documents and twelve Q&A sessions, all related to cosmetic safety assessment.
On May 8, 2024, authorized by the European Commission, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) expanded its REACH XV restriction proposal to include at least 12 Chromium (VI) compounds, supplementing the initial measures for Chromium trioxide and Chromic acid introduced in September 2023.
In 2023, 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) were officially approved as new food nutrition enhancers in China, marking a regulatory milestone regarding human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a globally recognized category of essential nutrients. Since then, several other HMOs continue to progress along the compliance pathway: on May 10, 2024, the Center for Food Safety Assessment (CFSA) issued the draft and reopened the period for public consultation for 2’-FL and LNnT.
Taiwan's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor (OSHA) has revised the GHS classification standards CNS 15030 based on the 8th version of GHS, involving 22 documents covering chemical classification and labeling-General Principles. If relevant enterprises have any opinions, they should submit them no later than June 16.
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To standardize the clinical trial process of foods for special medical purposes (FSMP), the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) recently revised and issued the Quality Management Specifications for Clinical Trials of Foods for Special Medical Purposes (the Specification), which aims to ensure the scientific integrity, authenticity, and reliability of data and results, while safeguarding the safety and rights of trial subjects and consumers.