Recently, the State Administration of Market Regulation organized and carried out national supervision and spot checks on the quality of 4 food-related products, including daily ceramics and tableware. The spot check is now notified as follows: 1. Basic information Random inspection overview The products under spot check are 4 kinds of products including daily ceramic tableware, food contact glassware, industrial and commercial electric food processing equipment, and composi...

Indonesia's National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) recently released draft of new regulations on food contact materials. The new regulation has been into effect on July 29. The new regulation is one of the most comprehensive on food contact materials and packaging in the Asia-pacific region.All products must comply with the new rules by 29 July 2020....

24 April, 2019, the Official Journal of European Union released a directive (EU) 2019/636 to amend the Annex IV and Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of POPs. This directive shall come into force on 13 May 2019. The amendment shall apply from 31 October 2019....

16 January 2018, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of P.R.C. drafts out the Standard of Practice for Quality Supervision and Sampling of Food-Related Products, which concludes 11 categories of 24 kinds of products. The draft standard is seeking public advice and will end up at 16 February, 2018....

Several food contact regulations in China have come into operation since 19 April 2017.C&K Testing lists five most frequently asked questions (FAQs) to help you with China food contact materials(FCMs) regulatory compliance....

Several mandatory national standards (GB standards) on food contact materials (FCMs) and articles in China will apply from 19 April 2017. The new China FCMs regulatory framework covers requirements throughout raw materials, manufacture management and testing. The wide coverage and great changes in relevant standards make it challenging for both Chinese operators and importers for China regulatory compliance....

The Netherlands amended the technical requirements of the Dutch Commodities Act (Packaging and Consumer Products). The amendments were published by Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport and have taken into effect on 1 January 2017. C&K Testing the amendment (Netherlands amends food packaging regulation) in May 2016. The highlights of the amendments include: 1. Revised the list of authorised substances in food contact plastics, paper and paperboard, metal and...

Canada Gazette publishes two proposals to amend lead and cadmium provisions underCanada Consumer Product Safety Act(CCPSA) for children products on 3 December. Both proposals open for consultation until 16 February 2017. Here are the proposed amendments: 1. Children's Jewellery RegulationsSOR/2016-168 (Download the regulation) SOR/2016-168 Current provision Proposed provision Scope “children’s jewellery” means jewellery that is manufactured , sized, decorated, packaged...

National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) has released 53 national standards as regards food safety including GB 4806.1-2016Food Safety—National Standard on Food Contact Materials and Articles—General Requirementson 11 November 18. In the new regulatory framework of food contact materials (FCMs) in China, food contact articles are divided into different categories as per their materials, namely: enamels, ceramics, glasses, p...

Belgium has published a royal decree on varnishes and coatings, which will come into force on 1 January 2017. The summary of the regulation is as follows: The migration limit on varnishes (except on metal) into food cannot exceed 10mg/dm2; A generic limit of 60mg/kg is set where a specific migration limit is unavailable; Permitted food contact varnishes and coatings are listed; It adopts analysis methods for food contact varnishes and coatings from Regulation (EU) 10/2011 wi...

On 13 July 2016, Canada Gazette released a notification that Canada had made non-substantive administrative changes to 32 consumer products regulations that come under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). All the updates come into force since 22 June 2016. Effective in 2011, theCanada Consumer Product Safety Act(CCPSA) replaced Part I and Schedule I to theHazardous Products Act(HPA). Types of modifications that have been made to the covered consumer product regula...

The French General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) published new documents DM/4B/COM/002, DM/4B/COM/003, DM/4B/COM/004 for food contact materials (FCMs) made from inorganic materials (except me...

On 7 April 2016, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) published Notification No. 31 of Year 2016 to publicise Norm on Inspection and Regulation of Imported Food Co...

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