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Feb 14, 2024 | Taiwan published notification on plans to amend restrict cosmetic ingredients list
The Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan (FDA) is consulting on amending the list of restricted cosmetic ingredients. This revision will create a list of permitted UV filters and abolish the lists o...
Feb 14, 2024 | New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS Announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
On February 1, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its initiatives aimed at protecting communities and the environment from the health risks associated with some per- and po...
Chile initiates Public Consultation Process of the Draft Regulation of the Single-Use Plastics Law
Feb 12, 2024
On 31 January, the Ministry of the Environment approved the draft regulation of Law No. 21.368, which regulates the disposal of single-use plastics and plastic bottles and modifies the legal bodies it...
Important Information Regarding SDSs from the Ministry
Feb 12, 2024
On February 12th, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change in Türkiye made an announcement regarding Safety Data Sheets from the Chemicals Help Desk. Key points from thi...
South Korea: Substance added to the list of raw materials not available in cosmetics.
Feb 12, 2024
On February 7, 2024, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced a partial revision to the Cosmetics Act, adding 1,2,4-Trihydroxybenzene (CAS 533-73-3) to the list of prohibited...
New Zealand EPA Takes Pioneering Step to Ban PFAS in Cosmetics
Feb 07, 2024
New Zealand, a pioneer in environmental protection, has taken a significant step to improve consumer safety and safeguard the environment by banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFA...
China MEE consulted on adding seven chemical substances into IECSC
Feb 07, 2024
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (MEE) consulted on adding 2024 first batch of chemical substances into the Inventory of Existing Chemical substances in China (IECSC). This includes fo...
The Bureau of Indian Standards opens public consultation on revised standard for PET bottles for packaging of alcoholic beverages.
Feb 07, 2024
In January the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released for public consultation the revised draft Indian Standard for Specification of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles for Packaging of Alcoho...
Draft guidelines on chemical exemptions and confidential business information published by the Philippines DENR
Feb 06, 2024
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines has released draft Guidelines for Exemption of Impurities, Chemical By-Products, Non-Isolated Intermediates, Alloys, and S...
EPA Develops Testing Method to Improve Detection of 6PPD-Quinone in Water - Vital for Environmental Protection Initiatives
Feb 06, 2024
Following its November 2023 commitment to gather data on the widely used tire additive 6PPD and its chemical by-product 6PPD-quinone, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the r...
India defers implementation of Quality Control Orders for four chemicals.
Feb 06, 2024
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) published a notification in the Official Gazette on 30 January, 2024, deferring the implementation of Quality Control Orders (QCO’s) for four ch...
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