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Oct 28, 2025 | Argentina Overhauls Rules for Cosmetics and Hygiene Products
Argentina’s National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) has unveiled sweeping reforms to how cosmetic, personal care and hygiene product manufacturers are authorised. Under...
Oct 29, 2025 | ANMAT Streamlines Oversight of Foreign Drug Manufacturers with New GMP Certification Framework
Argentina’s Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica (ANMAT) has unveiled a sweeping update to its regulatory framework for imported medicines through Disposición 7...
Chile Updates Technical Standards for Hypodermic Needles and Syringes
Oct 29, 2025
Chile’s Ministry of Health has announced sweeping new regulations to tighten quality and safety controls on hypodermic needles and syringes, bringing the country’s standards in line with internati...
India’s DGFT Notifies Changes in Import Regulations and Policy for Specific Chemicals and Pesticides
Oct 29, 2025
BackgroundOn 15 October 2025, India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued a notification revising the import policy conditions for certain chemicals and pesticides listed under Chapte...
India Withdraws Quality Control Orders for Six Fatty Acids and Derivatives
Oct 24, 2025
On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, officially rescinded six Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for various fatty acids and their deri...
Japan Releases 2026 Notification Schedule for Specific New Chemical Substances
Oct 24, 2025
On 17 October 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly released the 2026 notificatio...
Ukraine Proposes New Compliance Timelines for UA REACH and UA CLP
Oct 23, 2025
On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine published a draft resolution introducing extended deadlines and key updates to Ukraine’s chemical safety framew...
Indonesia Finalizes Registration Rules for Overseas Halal Certificates (SHLN)
Oct 23, 2025
Jakarta — October 2025. Indonesia has issued BPJPH Decree No. 221/2025, setting out definitive procedures for registering overseas halal certificates (SHLN) so products certified abroad can be mar...
EPA Adds New PFAS to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Oct 17, 2025
On October 7, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the automatic addition of sodium perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS-Na) (CAS No. 82382-12-5) to the Toxics Release Inventory (...
PFAS Restriction Dossier Submitters Release Summary of Updates
Oct 22, 2025
The national authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have released a 20-page summary explaining the updates to their proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substa...
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