UK/Vietnam – Certificates of Free Sale (CFS)

UK/Vietnam – Certificates of Free Sale (CFS)

In September 2024, the UK embassy in Hanoi received verbal agreement from the Vietnamese Ministry of Healh (MoH) that they will accept the Certificate of Free Sales (CFS) from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Import Licensing Branch (ILB).  This comes after...
Japan bans use of cysteamine hydrochloride in cosmetics

Japan bans use of cysteamine hydrochloride in cosmetics

Japan’s Ministry Of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has restricted the use of cysteamine hydrochloride in rinse-off hair setting agents and banned its use in cosmetics. The MHLW proposed revisions to the country’s Standards for Cosmetics to restrict the use of...