PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR UNPHASED BY NEW CHINA PACKAGING STANDARD PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY
March 24th, 2022
A new Chinese standard aimed at controlling excessive packaging that comes into force September 2023 will be painful for the cosmetics sector in the short-term but promote sustainability in the long run, say analysts.
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation’s China GB 23350-2021 ‘Requirements of Restricting Excessive Package–Foods and Cosmetics’, announced September 2021, (http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2021-09/03/content_5635105.htm) is an amendment to existing standards released in 2009, and gives cosmetics and food companies two years to ...
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