Jan 29, 2023 | ECHA announces changes to completeness checks of REACH registrations.
On 23 January 2023 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that they will start checking both new registrations and updates to existing registrations of chemicals under REACH against revised re...
Jan 28, 2023 | 16 product categories to be added under QCO in 2023-24 India
On 20 December 2022 the Indian Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued a notice for bringing 50 products under the 16 categories of mandatory quality control orders (QCO...
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
Jan 09, 2023
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-RE...
South Korea updates the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals K-REACH
Jan 04, 2023
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on Jan 3rd, 2023. This is to clarify requirement of the notification of changes f...
South Korea notifies conditions for submission of hazard data for biocidal substances that have been evaluated internationally
Jan 02, 2023
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea notifies conditions for submission of hazard data for 31 biocidal substances that have been evaluated internationally. This is to...
EPA to introduce rules for new substances PMNs and MCAN.
Jan 27, 2023
On 2 December 2022, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a notification for chemical substances that are the subject of premanufacture notifications (PMNs) and Microbial Commercial Ac...
EPA to change Reporting Requirements for PFAS and Supplier Notifications for Chemicals of Special Concern.
Jan 27, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has informed the WTO on changes in reporting requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and supplier notifications for Chemicals of Specia...
The updated UN Model Regulations expand the usage of recycled plastic.
Jan 27, 2023
The Model Regulations address consignment processes, the usage, building, testing, and approval of packing and portable tanks, as well as the categorization of dangerous commodities and their listing ...
Chile revises its list of hazardous substances to align with the GHS classification
Jan 25, 2023
The Chilean Ministry of Health has revised its import controls for hazardous substances, aiming to streamline some aspects of the process and align the list with the GHS classification system. The upd...
China published final rules on Sampling and Testing of cosmetics
Jan 25, 2023
On 12 Jan. 2023, National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) published the final Measures for the Administration of Sampling and Testing of Cosmetics. This new rule will come into force f...
China released supplementary tests for six hazardous chemicals in cosmetics
Jan 24, 2023
On 23 and 26 Dec. 2022, National Medical and Pharmaceutical Administration of China (NMPA) released two tests, BJH 202204 and BJH 202205, to detect six hazardous chemicals in cosmetic products. Both o...
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