Sep 27, 2022 | Vietnam publishes new development strategies on domestic chemical industry
On June 16th, 2022, a decision approving Vietnam’s chemical industry development strategy was signed by deputy prime minister Le Van Thanh. Under the strategies, new policies, tasks, and measur...
Sep 26, 2022 | Ratification of pesticides in Kenya
The latest update of the Pest Control Products Bill, 2022 was published in Kenya in April 2022. It represents an urgent update to the existing Kenyan pesticide regulation. After various analyses, i...
Saudi Arabia updates the permitted use of Methyl N-Methylanthranilate MNM
Sep 27, 2022
On 8 August 2022, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) updated the permitted use of Methyl N-Methylanthranilate (MNM) in cosmetic products. In cosmetics, MNM acts as a fragrance. It is used in fin...
India sets migration limits for antimony and DEHP for FCM
Sep 27, 2022
On 31 August 2022 a regulation entitled “Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Second Amendment Regulations, 2022.” was published and enforced by The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (...
UK consults on potential restrictions for substances in tattoo inks and permanent make-up
Sep 23, 2022
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as the implementing agency for UK REACH, is currently consulting on different potential options for a UK REACH restriction on substances to be used in tattoo ...
China consults on draft Cosmetic Safety and Techinical Standards
Sep 23, 2022
On 2nd Sep. 2022, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control of China (NIFDC) published a notification calling for public and indutry opinions on draft new China Cosmetic Safety and Techinical Sta...
Call for comments to identify new Substances of Very High Concern SVHC
Sep 22, 2022
On 7 September 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a call for comments on nine proposals to identify new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). SVHCs are substances that can have ser...
Thailand renews the Plastic Food Packaging Standards
Sep 12, 2022
On 1 June 2022 the Thailand Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) published a notification regarding Quality or Standard of Plastic Containers in the Royal Gazette. The notification was previously announc...
Canada requires new uses of the paint additive calcium 2-ethyl hexanoate
Sep 20, 2022
On 17 august 2022, the government of Canada (published in the Canada Gazette) issued notification requirements for some new uses of the paint additive calcium 2-ethyl hexanoate. In 2018, Canada ca...
The European Commission plans to add new hazard categories under the CLP Regulation
Sep 21, 2022
On 20 September 2022 the European Commission published a Draft delegated regulation introducing new hazard classes to the system established in Regulation (EC) 1272/2008, on the classification, labell...
Guidance Documents have been Translated into Turkish
Sep 21, 2022
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change of Turkey had the guidance documents published by the European Chemicals Agency translated for the ongoing KKDIK registration process and ...
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