China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control is inviting public submissions regarding the draft of the Safety and Technical Standard for Cosmetics 2022 (STSC 2022). STSC 2022 inherits the basic framework of STSC 2015 but overhauls the original content, which includes revising the content that is not suitable for the current supervision practice, incorporating the previous revisions for STSC 2015, as well as standardizing and improving some terms and expressions.
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This draft will supersede the 2015 edition, which includes the overarching technical standards for cosmetics safety supervision and testing in China. Public comments will be accepted through April 30, 2022.
The firm behind US-based CBD skin care brand BOTA, Balanced Health Botanicals, says it will no longer invest in the APAC after China announced its proposal to ban the use of cannabis and cannabis extracts in cosmetics.
The news of the potential cannabidiol (CBD) cosmetics ban came as a shock to the company which also owns CBD health and wellness brands CBDistillery and CBDistilleryRx.
“I’ve been trying to wrap my head around it and figure out exactly why. It seems a bit aggressive. I was shocked to see that it was not just CBD but also hemp oils. China has been a huge producer of hemp for thousands of years and the only thing I can think of is that they are having trouble distinguishing hemp from marijuana,” said Chase Terwilliger, CEO, Balanced Health Botanicals.
BEIJING
The poster was not the slickest marketing campaign, but it made its point: “Come get your eggs!!!”
Every person above age 60 who got a COVID-19 vaccine at this community center in Beijing would be entitled to two boxes of free eggs. The deal was part of a nationwide push to raise vaccination rates in a country where successful containment of the pandemic has spurred complacency despite ample supplies of vaccine.
Chinese authorities have set a target of vaccinating 40% of its population of 1.4 billion by June. As of April 14, nearly 180 million doses had been administered, according to health authorities, though the number of fully vaccinated people that represents is unknown.