by delphic-admin | Dec 23, 2023 | APAC
On 30 November 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) updated the Cosmetics Safety Standards which list restricted and prohibited ingredients for use in cosmetics. To make it easier for businesses to find ingredients specified in these lists, CAS numbers...
by delphic-admin | Dec 23, 2023 | APAC
New Zealand’s new prime minister, Christopher Luxon, has announced plans to repeal the country’s newly passed Therapeutic Products Act, effectively scrapping plans to eventually regulate sunscreen products under the sweeping new law. The act, which overhauled...
by delphic-admin | Oct 30, 2023 | APAC
Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has adopted changes to the Cosmetic Hygiene and Safety Act that allow manufacturers and importers to list all ingredients together on the labels of specific purpose cosmetics. This category of cosmetics includes sunscreens,...
by delphic-admin | Oct 30, 2023 | APAC
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has revised the main technical standard governing cosmetics safety in the country, prohibiting two ingredients, revising five test methods and adding 14 test methods. Published on 28 August, the update to the...
by delphic-admin | Oct 30, 2023 | APAC
China’s National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) has finalised its technical guidelines for children’s cosmetics. The guidelines, which were published on 31 August and took effect that day, set out detailed requirements on: product formulation and...