China GAC Issues October 2018 Non-compliant Imported Cosmetic Data

The announcement was made on Friday by Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating maritime minister.“Looking at its resources, Indonesia will become the main player in lithium batteries,” he said, Reuters reports.He added: “We will control the world market. We are lucky – we are starting in the third generation of lithium batteries...

This report provides a global overview on the progress of countries in passing laws and regulations that limit the manufacture, import, sale, use and disposal of selected single-use plastics and microplastics which have a great impact in the production of marine litter. It is based on a review of national legally-binding instruments that include ba...

On the day of Saint Nicolas and less than two weeks before Christmas, Commissioner Jourová presented the results of an action focused on testing toys and Christmas lights. The tests show that almost 90% of toys tested in the EU did not show any chemical risks and about 80 % of Christmas lights were safe. "We all want the holid...

On November 27, 2018, the Brazilian Federal Revenue published Public Consultation nº 08/2018, which deals with issuing of a Normative Instruction which, by its turn, establishes the conditions and requirements to perform imports operations on Behalf of a Third Party and under Order. Read the full alert

Takehome: (*) Honey can be used as raw materials of sugar products;.(*) The standard of pesticide residue limit of Bromomethane is added; the residue limit standards of 13 pesticides were revised; the residue standards of three pesticides (Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin and Pefloxacin) with safety problems were deleted. (*) Add 18 qualitativ...