Chinese Health Standard

Li, S., Regulation and health standards in management of risk in Chinese chemical manufacturing Industry , in Risk Management of Chemicals, Richardson, M.L., (Ed.), The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1992, p. 167-190... 

A point to note is that different medical systems such as traditional Chinese medicine. Ayurvedic medicine, and traditional African medicine and homeopathic medicine have different standards by which they judge adverse reactions, as compared with Western allopathic medicine. This may lead to controversy and confusion amongst patients and health professionals alike communications must take this into account. 

Qi QP, Xu DP, Zhu XS, Dai ZZ, Chen XP (2002) A study on indoor air quality standard. In Proceedings of the 1st national symposium on indoor air quality and health. The Chinese Preventive Medicine Society, Beijing, p 6... 

Use Ranges and Dosage Standards of Food Additives, Chinese National Health Administration, 1983. 

In contrast, modern soymilk, sometimes referred to as soy beverage or soy drink, is produced by using modern technology and equipment. Known as dou ru or dou nai in Chinese, these products have a relatively bland taste with their own commercial identity and standards. In most cases, they are flavored, sweetened and/or fortified for better taste and better nutrition, and packed for longer shelf-life, when compared with traditional soymilk. Sold as a milk substitute or a healthful soft drink, soymilk is particularly important to infants who suffer from malnutrition due to absence of dairy milk supply in certain regions of the world or who suffer from allergies and diseases associated with dairy milk consumption. Thus, for the past several decades. 

General labelling of cosmetics is also addressed by a specific Chinese standard. Information required on the label, in Chinese, include the identity and function of the product the net quantity in metric units the name of the manufacturer or importer distributor and the address of the principal place of business date of manufacture plus shelf-life or batch number plus expiry date health licence number (for imported cosmetics) any warnings or cautions necessary for the safe use of the product instructions for storage (if applicable) and country of origin. Full ingredient labelling is not required. 

The Chinese Ministry of Health (MOH) has inter alia regulated cosmetics by the Hygiene Standard for Cosmetics 2002, which incorporates all lists of substances regulated by the EU Cosmetics Directive up to its 25th adaptation to technical progress. It should be noted, however, that the People s Republic of China (PRC) has also just published a positive list of hair dyes, whereas such a list does not exist in the EU yet. 

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