HEALTH & BEAUTY

The National Medical Products Administration has introduced new guidelines intended to ensure that all cosmetics registration procedures – and any related inspection / testing – are conducted in a transparent, fair and appropriately scientific fashion. More

One of the main issues encountered in dealing with diabetes is how to measure sufferers’ blood sugar level safely, painlessly and efficiently. In order to overcome these problems, the glucose testing industry is looking to develop non-invasive testing methods. Sam Ho, CEO of Shutang Information Technology (Shenzhen) Co, spoke recently to HKTDC Research about his experience in developing non-invasive, continuous blood glucose monitoring in the GBA. More

The U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on 20 September that it has added Hong Kong to the list of regions considered to be affected by African swine fever (ASF). The agency noted that the veterinary authorities of Hong Kong reported on 12 May an occurrence of ASF to the World Organisation for Animal Health. More

The EU and Member States are preparing for Brexit and encourage stakeholders to do so as well. The European Commission recently published a preparedness notice for the cosmetics industry laying out the consequences of a no-deal Brexit and containing important changes with regard to “responsible person”, notifications in the CPNP (the cosmetics portal), product information file, labelling and safety assessor. More