In order to implement the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics, further standardize the management of cosmetic ingredients, and encourage ingredient innovation, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued Announcement No. 61 of 2025 on June 23, 2025, regarding the management of the Inventory of Used Cosmetic Ingredients (hereinafter referred to as the "Inventory"). This established a dynamic adjustment mechanism for the Inventory, enabling its regular updating. Below are answers to frequently asked questions concerning the management of the Inventory.

On September 19, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation publicly solicited opinions on the "Supplementary Dosage Forms and Excipients for Record-filing Products of Coenzyme Q10 and Melatonin as Health Food Raw Materials (Draft for Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comments"). This move provides support for further advancing the record-filing management of health foods, stimulating the internal vitality of the special food industry, and meeting the actual production needs of enterprises in the industry. Food Partner Network has sorted out and analyzed the dosage forms of health food products from aspects such as application materials, answers to common questions, production licensing, and product requirements, to help domestic and foreign enterprises further understand the policy requirements for health food dosage form management and specific dosage form specifications.

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 22) that in response to notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health and Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries regarding outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district of Brandenburg, Germany, and highly pathogenic avian influenza in Hokkaido, Japan, the CFS has immediately instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including poultry eggs) from the above-mentioned areas to protect public health in Hong Kong.