Measures to be taken by the competent authorities for specific cases of non-compliance of veterinary medicinal products and their residues.

Takehome: Several testing methods for active ingredients in functional cosmetics are newly added and modified.On Dec 3, 2018, Korean MFDS released an announcement amending Standards and Testing Methods of Functional Cosmetics. Public consultation will last until Dec 24, 2018. The amendments are as follows:The quantitative method of single func...

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...

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...

China’s new RTDG regulation JT/T617-2018 adds exemptions for dangerous goods transport in the general provision which will reduce the compliance obligations and financial burdens for relevant stakeholders. Although it doesn’t offer 10 categories’ of exemption in ADR it still offers the potential to reduce logistics costs for stake...

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