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Nov 20, 2025 | South Korea Notifies WTO of a Draft Amendment to Food Labelling Standards
On November 18, 2025, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) notified the WTO of a draft revision to the Food Labeling Standards aimed at improving consumer clarity and harmonizing rules w...
Nov 19, 2025 | Philippines Drafts Unified Classification of Pharmaceutical Products Intended for Human Use
Manila, November 2025. The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft Circular that standardizes how human medicines are classified and reclassified nationwide. The proposal re...
ECHA Proposes Four New Substances for Inclusion in the REACH Authorisation List
Nov 19, 2025
On 18 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) made its 12th recommendation to the European Commission, that four additional substances be added to the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of the ...
India Rescinds Fourteen Quality Control Orders (QCOs) under BIS Act, 2016
Nov 14, 2025
On 12 November 2025, the Government of India, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals) issued a series of orders rescinding fourteen previously notified BIS Qua...
Colombia Publishes Its First National Inventory of Chemical Substances
Nov 14, 2025
Colombia has officially completed and published its first National Inventory of Industrial Chemical Substances. Under Decree 1630/2021, all hazardous substances imported or manufactured in quantities ...
Medical Devices in the GCC: GSO and European Committee for Standardization Sign Technical Agreement
Nov 12, 2025
On 22 October 2025, the Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization (GSO), represented by the Gulf Technical Committee for Medical Devices and Supplies (GSO/TC 11), signed a Technical Cooper...
Japan publishes consultation schedule for toxicity assessments of new chemical substances
Nov 12, 2025
On 27 October 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MOE), acting as a joint council, published the...
Singapore Adds Chlorpyrifos and Tightens Organophosphate Controls Under EPMA Hazardous Substances Regime
Nov 11, 2025
Singapore, November 2025. Singapore has finalized amendments to the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 (EPMA), updating the Second Schedule (Part I) to bring chlorpyrifos expressly under...
EU Commissioner Confirms Delay of REACH Revision, Highlights New Chemical Policy Initiatives
Nov 10, 2025
On 6 November 2025, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and Forestry, Jessika Roswall, presented an update on the European Commission’s chemicals policy agenda. She confi...
OEHHA Seeks Public Input on Reproductive Toxicity of p,pʹ-Bisphenol Chemicals
Nov 03, 2025
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced a public data call-in on the reproductive toxicity of p,pʹ-bisphenol chemical...
European Commission Postpones REACH Revision Beyond 2025
Nov 05, 2025
The long-awaited revision of the EU REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 has been delayed again. The European Commission’s internal planning document (SEC(2025) 2543 final, 3 November 2025), outlining...
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