Aug 06, 2021 | Use Restrictions for Solvent Violet 13 – Canadian Cosmetics
Canada’s environment and health ministries have suggested including solvent violet 13 to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist, a move that would restrict the dye’s use in cosmetic...
Aug 06, 2021 | US House of Rep Passes Legislation on PFAS
On the 22nd of July 2021, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021. This is a comprehensive framework for regulating 9,252 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substan...
Philippines To Ban Medical Products Containing Mercury
Aug 06, 2021
The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently had a consultation to examine the draft of Circular to prohibit the use, manufacture, importation/exportation, distribution, sale...
13 CHEMICALS ADDED TO THE BIS MANDATORY CERTIFICATION LIST
Aug 06, 2021
In April 2021, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, India, published several orders regarding BIS certification of 13 chemicals (see Table below). ...
Saudi Arabia - GSO Issues a Draft Technical Regulation on Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
Aug 06, 2021
The Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO), on the 7th of July 2021 issued an update to the draft Gulf Technical Regulation No. GSO 2528/2021 "Cosmetic products – Technical Regulation of c...
South Korea updates the chemical substance classification and labelling list
Jul 27, 2021
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the chemical substance classification and labelling list on July 12th, 2021. This list includes name of chemical subs...
South Korea updates the Toxic Chemical Substances List
Jul 26, 2021
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the Toxic Chemical Substances List on June 22nd, 2021. After the hazard assessment under K-REACH, 13 substances ...
13 Chemicals Added to the BIS Mandatory Certification List
Jul 19, 2021
In April 2021, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, India, published several orders regarding BIS certification of 13 chemicals (see Table below)....
ECHA Adds Eight Hazardous Chemicals to the SVHC Candidate List
Jul 12, 2021
On July 9th, ECAH added eight chemicals to the Candidate List of SVHC, expanding the list from 211 to 219 entries. These newly added substances are used in consumer products such as cosmetics, sce...
Malaysia launches MyEHS, a new website for Hazardous Substance Registration
Jul 12, 2021
Department of Environment (DOE) recently announced its new website for Environmentally Hazardous Substances (EHS) Registration. The platform is for gathering information on EHS identified and noti...
Philippines: EMB AND BOC to Implement Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) in Chemical Mixtures
Jul 05, 2021
Philippines-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) informs the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on the upcoming implementation of GHS in chemical mixtures and seeks their cooperation for enforcement Earl...
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