China Regulatory Matters Newsletter

Keller and Heckman’s regulatory updates on Chinese laws.

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China Regulatory Matters is intended to update you on significant Chinese regulatory changes in the areas of food, food packaging, cosmetics, environmental, chemical control, tobacco, e-vapor, and e-cigarettes.

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Recent Alerts

03.04.24 From the Year of the Rabbit to the Year of the Dragon: China’s Food Law Year-in-Review 2023
02.06.24 China Solicits Comments on Food Labeling Standard
01.18.24 China Solicits Comments on Food-Contact Coatings Standard
01.12.24 China Continues to Revise the Food Labeling Standard
10.24.23 The Changing Face of Cosmetics in China
09.26.23 Updates on China’s Regulation of Food Ingredients and Additives
08.30.23 China Update: STMA Publishes Guidelines on Quality Assurance for E-Cigarettes for Export
08.24.23 China’s MEE Chemical Reporting Plan: Assessing Environmental Risks
05.25.23 China Proposes to Amend GB 4806.1 General Safety Standard for Food-Contact Materials
04.25.23 China Publishes Long-awaited Management Measures for the Supervision of Toothpaste
03.01.23 China Releases Draft Amendment to GB Standard on Additives used in Food Contact Materials and Articles
02.24.23 From the Year of the Tiger to the Year of the Rabbit
12.14.22 China Announces New Management Measures for Food-Related Products

Special Focus on Alternative Proteins

03.20.24 Canada Grants its First Approval for Animal-Free Milk Protein
02.12.24 Israel Grants the World’s First Regulatory Approval for Cultivated Beef
12.21.23 Australia and New Zealand Consult on the First Cell-Cultured Meat Application
12.12.23 Korea Introduces More Rules to Enhance Oversight of Alternative Protein Foods
08.23.23 How to Introduce Alternative Proteins via Tasting Trials in the Netherlands and Singapore
06.01.23 Israel Approves the First Animal-Free Protein for Food Use
03.30.23 The South Korean Food Authority Releases New Rules and Policies Supporting the Development of the Alternative Protein Industry
02.28.23 China Announces Draft Standard on Nutritional Fortification Substances: What Will its Impact Be on Alternative Protein Foods?
01.04.23 Foods Produced from Animal Cells: What’s in a Name?
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China Regulatory Matters Archive

03.20.24 Canada Grants its First Approval for Animal-Free Milk Protein
03.04.24 From the Year of the Rabbit to the Year of the Dragon: China’s Food Law Year-in-Review 2023
02.12.24 Israel Grants the World’s First Regulatory Approval for Cultivated Beef
02.06.24 China Solicits Comments on Food Labeling Standard
01.18.24 China Solicits Comments on Food-Contact Coatings Standard
01.12.24  China Continues to Revise the Food Labeling Standard
12.21.23 Australia and New Zealand Consult on the First Cell-Cultured Meat Application
12.12.23 Korea Introduces More Rules to Enhance Oversight of Alternative Protein Foods
10.24.23 The Changing Face of Cosmetics in China
09.26.23 Updates on China’s Regulation of Food Ingredients and Additives
08.30.23 China Update: STMA Publishes Guidelines on Quality Assurance for E-Cigarettes for Export
08.24.23 China’s MEE Chemical Reporting Plan: Assessing Environmental Risks
08.23.23 How to Introduce Alternative Proteins via Tasting Trials in the Netherlands and Singapore
06.01.23

Israel Approves the First Animal-Free Protein for Food Use
05.25.23 China Proposes to Amend GB 4806.1 General Safety Standard for Food-Contact Materials
03.30.23 The South Korean Food Authority Releases New Rules and Policies Supporting the Development of the Alternative Protein Industry
03.01.23 China Releases Draft Amendment to GB Standard on Additives used in Food Contact Materials and Articles
02.28.23 China Announces Draft Standard on Nutritional Fortification Substances: What Will its Impact Be on Alternative Protein Foods?
02.24.23 From the Year of the Tiger to the Year of the Rabbit
01.04.23 Foods Produced from Animal Cells: What’s in a Name?
12.14.22 China Announces New Management Measures for Food-Related Products
11.29.22 Singapore Updates Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods
11.23.22 BREAKING NEWS: U.S. FDA Completes First Pre-Market Consultation for Food Made by Cultured Animal Cells
09.27.22 Health Foods in China: New Rules Approving Functional Claims
09.22.22 Use of Food Additives to Face New Requirements in China
06.06.22 Manufacturing E-Cigarettes in China: How to Obtain the Manufacturer License
05.09.22 China Publishes Final GB Standard on E-Cigarettes: The Basis for Product Compliance
05.06.22 Group Standards: An Often Overlooked Regulatory Pathway to Export Food to China
03.17.22 Breaking News – China Finalizes Management Rules for E-Cigarettes
03.07.22 China Food Laws Year in Review 2021 - From the Year of the Ox to the Year of the Tiger
02.10.22   China Food Packaging Year-in-Review: Looking Back on the Ox and Forward to the Tiger
12.15.21   Further Guidance on Overseas Food Facility Registration Published by China Customs Authority
12.07.21 China Brings E-Cigarettes Under Its Tobacco Monopoly Law: Will This Reshape the Global Industry?
11.09.21 China Releases Further Details on Overseas Food Facility Registration
10.29.21 Breaking News: China Publishes Key GB Standards on Food Packaging for Public Comments
10.21.21 China’s Overseas Food Facility Registration: Some Deadlines You Need to Know About
09.13.21 China Takes the Air Out of Excessive Packaging
09.03.21 Japan is Contemplating the Future of Cell-based Meats
04.30.21 Breaking News: China Imposes New Registration Requirements for All Foreign Food Companies
03.30.21 Asia's First Animal-Free Dairy Ice Cream: Another Alternative Protein Breakthrough
03.10.21 China Food Law Year in Review: Reflecting on the Year of Rat and Welcoming the Year of Ox!
02.25.21 Let's Bring in the Ox and Put the Rat Out to Pasture: Food Packaging Year in Review
02.01.21 Cultured Meat: Shaping the Future of Foods
11.03.20   China Announces Transition Document for Amended New Chemical Regulation
10.19.20 Breaking News: China Announces Draft GB Standards Related to Food Contact Materials & Articles
10.07.20 China Revamps Food Nutrition Labeling Regulations
08.14.20 More Make-Up Applied to China's Management of Cosmetics: Here's How It Looks
05.13.20 Breaking News: China Publishes Amended New Chemical Regulation
05.08.20 Plant-Based Foods: Exciting Technology, But Don't Overlook the Regulatory Considerations
04.14.20 Getting to Know the U.S.-China Trade Agreement: Obtaining a Chinese Standard for an Imported Food
03.25.20 China's Food Laws: Looking Back on 2019, the Year of the Pig
01.23.20 Are You Ready for China's New Food Labeling Requirements?
12.06.19   Breaking News: China Proposes New Facility Registration Requirements for Overseas Food Producers
11.05.19 Breaking News: China Publishes Long-Awaited Food Safety Law Implementation Regulation
08.20.19 Asia Regulatory Matters: Japan Notifies WTO of its New Positive List for Plastic Food-Contact Materials
08.07.19 China is Drafting First E-Cigarette Standard
05.27.19 China Releases Draft Adhesives Standard for Food-Contact Materials
03.21.19 From The Year of the Dog to The Year of the Pig: China's Food and Food Packaging Laws Year-in-Review
09.10.18   Exporting Food to China: Tariffs Are Just Part of The Problem
08.21.18 Barking News: China Implements New Pet Feed Regulations
03.22.18 China's National People's Congress Passes Reshuffle Plan to Establish New Food and Food-Related Agencies
03.05.18 Zai Jian Rooster, Ni Hao Dog: Keller and Heckman's Year in Review of China's Food and Food Packaging Laws
01.19.18 China's Food Additives Standard Will Soon Have Some Flavorful and Unflavorful Changes
10.20.17 Breaking News: Two Key China Food Packaging Standards Now Take Effect
09.26.17 Breaking News: AQSIQ Gives Food Industry Two-Year Extension on Imported Foods Certification Requirement
09.21.17 CFDA Submits to WTO the Third Revised Draft Regulation on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law
06.02.17   China's CFSA Published Implementation Guidance of GB 9685-2016
05.18.17 Handling Professional Consumers: A New Challenge to Doing Business in China
02.24.17 China Food Law: Year in Review 2016 - Out with the Monkey, In with the Rooster: A look back and a look ahead on China's Food Safety System
11.02.16   Recalls Expanding to China After Consumer and Media Complaints
10.28.16 Last Chance to Comment on China's Implementing Regulation of the Food Safety Law
09.29.16 China's General Rules for Food Production Licensing Review Take Effect
06.29.16 CFDA Measures on Foods for Special Medical Purposes Take Effect
06.15.16 China's NHFPC Publishes Approvals for 23 Food Packaging Materials
05.17.16 Regulatory Landscape of Cross-Border E-Commerce in China Enters a New Spring
04.27.16 Registration of Foreign Facilities Producing Food and Food Packaging Sold in Korea
04.21.16 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): A Foreign Suppliers Guide
03.02.16 Beware the Ides of March: Consumer Products and the Challenges of Professional Consumers in China
02.05.16 China Food Law: Year in Review 2015 Part II
01.28.16 China Food Law: Year in Review 2015 Part I
01.22.16 CFDA Announces Draft Regulation to Implement China's New Food Safety Law (Part II)
12.21.15   CFDA Announces Draft Regulation to Implement China's New Food Safety Law (Part I)
12.10.15 China Moves to Finalize List of Raw Materials for Food Use Detergents
10.09.15 China's NHFPC Releases Key Food Packaging Standards
10.01.15 China's Food Safety Law Takes Effect Today: Are You Ready?
06.24.15 China Notifies WTO of Draft General Safety Standard for Food-Contact Materials
05.29.15 China's Amended GB 2760 Food Additive Standard Enters into Force
04.28.15 China Passes Sweeping Amendment to Food Safety Law: The Most Stringent To Date
04.20.15 China Food Law: Year in Review 2014