South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has launched a public consultation on 8 January proposing a partial amendment ( No.2026-009 ) to the " Standards and Specifications for Utensils, Containers, and Packaging (UCP) " The draft proposes to expand the scope of physical synthetic resin recycled raw materials* used in the manufacture of utensils, containers, and packaging (UCP) to include polypropylene (PP) in addition to polyethylene terephthalate (PET). In ord

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has launched a public consultation ( (Public Notice No. 2026-012 , January 12, 2026)  to partially amendment its, " Regulations on Cosmetic Safety Standards, etc. " The draft amendment proposes to harmonise the list of raw materials to eliminate any confusion regarding ingredients that cannot be used in cosmetics (Appendix 1) and ingredients that require restrictions on use (Appendix 2), among ingredients which can only be

Japan's Consumers Affairs Agency (CAA) has launched a public consultation on the draft amendment of the Public Consultation on the Cabinet Office Ordinance (Draft) Amending the Cabinet Office Ordinance that specifies the Food Labelling Standards and Allergens, Expiration Dates, Whether or Not Food Requires Heating for Safe Consumption, and Other Matters That Have a Significant Impact on Food Safety, as Stipulated in Article 6, Paragraph 8 of the Food Labelling Act on 26 Dece