In 2017 China NHFPC (now knowns as NHC) promulgated the “WS 575-2017 Hygiene Requirements for Hygienic Wet Wipes”. Since its implementation in March 2018, the mandatory standard has played an active role in market regulation, but some of its contents were also misinterpreted/wrongly enforced by manufacturers, law enforcers and users. In a recent scholarly journal, NHC officials reiterated the background and significance and outlined the key technical requirements, as well as clarified the scope, legal positioning and intersection with other disinfection products, in the hope of safety and effective use of health-related products, particularly under the circumstance of Covid-19 pandemic. Background Hygienic Wet Wipes are a category of disposable sanitary products widely used in households, schools, catering and tourism service and medical institutions, etc., for the cleaning and bactericidal treatment of hand, skin and mucosa, as well as ordinary object surface. Hygienic wet wipes have been piecemeal mentioned in several regulation and standards: Catalog of Disinfectant Products GB/T 27728-2011 Wet Wipes GB 15979-2002 Hygienic Standard for Disposable Sanitary Products None of them had offered specific technical requirements targeting hygienic wet wipes. Compared GB/T 27728-2011 and GB 15979-2002 that respectively apply to general wet wipes (with no biocidal effect) and all sanitary products, WS 575-2017 put forward comprehensive requirements on raw materials, germicidal performance, product safety, labeling and manual specific to hygienic wet wipes. offering greater operability in postmortem surveillance. Hygienic wipes are Class III disinfection products which can be directly placed on the market without completing any evaluation and record-filing formality with the health authorities whenever the following conditions are met: The manufacturer has obtained the hygienic license of disinfection products (only homemade products

On 1 July 2020, China ICAMA issued an official letter to its provincial subsidiaries regarding the registration amendment to multi-element pesticides. China revamped its pesticide regulation system in 2017 with elevated requirements, aimed to reduce the number of pesticides registered and manufacturers. The multi-element pesticides with the same active ingredients and formulation type can be registered with a maximum of 3 compounding ratios. The new registration and renewal of pesticide with an extra compounding ratio will no longer be acceptable under the new regulation.

On June 19, 2020, The Vietnamese Ministry of Health promulgated Circular 11/2020/TT-BYT, aimed to renew the list of active ingredients prohibited or restricted from uses in household insecticides and disinfectants.  A total of 10 active ingredients were added into the prohibited list, namely Chlorpyrifos ethyl, Hexythiazox, Fipronil, Beta-cyfluthrin, Cyfluthrin, Trichlorfon, Diazinon, Acephate, Malathion and Methanol.

Organic fertilizer is a category of fermented fertilizers obtained from animal manure and plant/animal residue and the use of organic fertilizers has a long history in China. But in recent decades, the percentage of organic fertilizer in total nutrient input has steadily reduced from 99.9% in 1949 to 20% in 2010 and bottomed at 5% to 10% today. China’s per-unit-area rate of chemical fertilizer is 443.5 kg per hectare, almost 3 times the global average level of 120 kg per hectare and twice the internationally-accepted safety limit of 225 kg per hectare. This gives China an ever-increasing agricultural output at the expense of soil fertility: 26% and 44% of the farmland has the fewest organic matter and organic carbon of less than 1%. 64%, 53% and 40% of the farmland are in serious deficiency of Calcium, Magnesium and Sulphur. Since China launched the “Action Plan for Zero-growth of Chemical Fertilizer and Pesticide Use” in 2015, as well as other agricultural development policies thereafter, this reviving sector has witnessed a double-digital increase for the past few years and the demand would reach 227 Billion Yuan by 2023. In the course of China’s agricultural revitalization of quality enhancement and green development, it is vital for agribusiness enterprises to have a better understanding of the industrial actuality, key driving force and the developing tendency of China’s organic fertilizer market. Industry Characteristics Organic fertilizers can be conceptually classified into 3 commercialized categories: refined organic fertilizer, organic-inorganic compound fertilizers and microbial organic fertilizers and their market percentage were 43.5%, 17.6% and 38.9% respectively: Refined organic fertilizer- Obtained thought the fermentation or decomposition of organic materials and typically formulated into powdery, granular, or liquid form. organic-inorganic compound fertilizer-blended or compounded products of inorganic fe

On June 19, 2020, the General Office of the National Health Commission opened a 30-day consultation on a notice concerning the enhanced regulation of disinfection products during the Covid-19 control, aimed to resume the normal record-filing management of non-new disinfectants and ensure the safety and effectiveness of disinfection products produced in China, as well as intensify the ex-post surveillance of disinfection products already been placed on the market.

On 4 June, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs invited a 30-day consultation on the list of Class I agricultural pests, which was drafted as per the “Regulation for the Prevention and Control of Agricultural Pests”.

On October 14, 2019, China MoARA issued the announcement 222 to update the service guide for the administrative approval of 30 agricultural-related matters. The announcement streamlines the legal basis, scope, process, data requirements, timeframe and fee for the new application and renewal of fertilizer registration, amid a minor change on registration renewal. After a period of enforcement, the Ministry has formed tacit practices for the handling and review of registration applications. This article will offer a brief introduction to the procedures, and comparative analysis of the data requirements, as well as the recent lessons learned by REACH24H experts, who successfully helped many overseas enterprises to obtain fertilizer registration in China. Categorized Registration Management Based on the level of risk, fertilizers subject to registration management need to be registered with MoARA or provincial agricultural authority. Fertilizers not yet established with national or industrial standards are reviewed by the technical committee on a case-by-case basis will other fertilizers that satisfy the quality indicators in the national or industrial standards are reviewed and approved directly. The Classification and Quality Standardization Status of Fertilizer in China Category Generic Name Standard Fertilizers Registered at Ministerial Level Macronutrient Fertilizers Water-soluble fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium NY 1007-2010 Urea ammonium nitrate solution NY 2670-2015 Modified ammonium nitrate for agriculture use NY 2268-2012 Calcium ammonium nitrate for agriculture use NY 2269-2002 Magnesium-potassium for agriculture use / Magnesium-potassium chloride