Jul 14, 2023 | Standard for surface cleaners containing QUACs to be revised by India
At the end of June 2023, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published a draft amended standard for surface cleansers that contain quaternary ammonium compounds (QUACs). BIS is accepting comments on ...
Jul 14, 2023 | India introduces mandatory requirements for chemical import declaration from October 1
On June 7, 2023, the Indian Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) issued Circular No. 15/2023 which makes it mandatory to provide additional parameters for imported goods such as scientific...
Annual authorisation needed for import/export of decaBDE and PFOA-related compounds in Australia
Jul 14, 2023
From 21 July 2023 the rules for importation and exportation of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts, and PFOA-related compounds in Australia will be amended. Thi...
Korea Cosmetics Association pushes for a revision of natural and organic cosmetics regulations.
Jul 12, 2023
According to the news published on https://www.meconomynews.com/ in February 2023, the deletion of regulations related to natural and organic cosmetics, which the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety incl...
BIS to restrict the use of heavy metals in Soap Noodles
Jul 12, 2023
On June 21, 2023, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published a revised draft standard for soap noodles. BIS will take comments on the draft till August 31, 2023. The draft is an updated version of...
ECHA committee supports gradual ban on PFASs in firefighting foams.
Jul 12, 2023
On 22 June 2023, the European Chemistry Agency (ECHA) announced that its Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) supports the gradual ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in firefig...
NHC unveils the legislation plan for food safety related standards
Jul 12, 2023
The National Health Commission of China (NHC) published notifications for 2023 food safety related national standards legislation plan and 2024 food safety related national standards legislation sugge...
Release of the Second Draft of the Chemical Weapons Convention Management Decree by Vietnam
Jul 10, 2023
The second draft amendment to Decree No. 38/2014/ND-CP on the Management of Chemicals Covered by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapo...
UK Government revokes Annex VIII of EU CLP in Great Britain
Jul 06, 2023
On 29 June 2023, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 received royal assent and is now act of parliament (law). Schedule 1 of the Act lists approximately 600 retained EU laws that will...
India postpones enforcing quality control directives for toluene and n-butyl acrylate.
Jul 06, 2023
Following consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the government decided to defer implementation of of two essential quality control orders (QCO), according to an announcement by the D...
GHS Brazil: Update Published for ABNT NBR14725 Standard
Jun 17, 2025
The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) released on July 3 of 2023, a significant update to the ABNT NBR14725 Standard, which governs the classification and labeling of chemicals. Thi...
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