Product Registration Regime Chokes China Supplement Industry Growth
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The U.S.-China Health Products Association says China is considering reforms to the country’s food product industry regulations. Relaxing the supplement registration requirement would increase demand for Chinese suppliers’ ingredients from firms that would sell more of their finished products in the country.
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