Asia-Pacific Regulatory Update: Technical Standards, Ingredients, Cosmetic Risk Monitoring, Labeling and More

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Recent regulatory updates across the Asia-Pacific region demonstrate a concerted effort to strengthen oversight, ultimately aiming to improve product quality and safeguard consumer safety.
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The Asia-Pacific region saw several significant regulatory developments from July to November 2024, related to everything from consumer rights protection law in China and risk assessment guidelines in Taiwan, to the first new ingredient registered under China's CSAR, South Korean labeling requirements, cosmetic ingredient updates in the Philippines and Thailand, foreign halal certification in Indonesia, and more. The present article offers a recap of these key changes.

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