May 12, 2022 | Taiwan releases question-and-answer checklist for SDS
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor of Taiwan released a question-and-answer format of the SDS checklist on April 21, 2022. This is to encourage the downstream users a...
May 12, 2022 | European Commission publishes a new glossary
The European Commission updates the glossary of ingredient names commonly used in cosmetics production. This was done to correct the names of ingredients that were written incorrectly while some were ...
ECHA Recommends Restriction of Bisphenols
May 11, 2022
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), together with the Member States reviewed a group of 148 bisphenols, of which 38 bisphenols have potential reprotoxic or hormonal effects. Bisphenols are common...
India issues a trimethyl phosphite Quality Control Order
May 09, 2022
On April 5, 2022, a Quality Control Order (QCO) for a national standard covering the intermediate trimethyl phosphite has been released in India. Published by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), man...
European Commission bans PFOA export
May 09, 2022
Exports and products involved with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salt forms, and PFOA-related compounds are banned after the European Commission makes addition to Annex V of the Prior Informed Co...
European Union introduces new restrictions on the use of formaldehyde
May 09, 2022
On May 2, 2022, the European Union released a draft to amend Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. The new amendment mainly concerns articles in which production includes the use of formaldehyde...
Quality Control Orders QCOs regarding 8 Chemicals from BIS Standard
May 06, 2022
On April 27, 2022, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, India, published the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) in Gazette notifications for eight ch...
EU represented by Oeko-Institut consults on lead exemption for medical devices
May 06, 2022
A leading European research institute, Oeko-Institut opened a consultation to exempt lead restriction under the EU RoHS Directive for medical devices’ production. The expectation is to develop lead-...
Japan releases a new version of the online tool for GHS classification and labelling
May 06, 2022
A new version of the Japanese online tool, Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Mixture Classification and Labelling Creation System (Nite-Gmiccs) from the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation ...
European Parliament votes for stricter limits for POPs in waste
May 06, 2022
On May 3, 2022, the European Parliament voted on a European Commission proposal to tighten the limits for the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in waste. The proposal was earlier adopte...
South Korea updates the regulation on cosmetic safety standards
May 06, 2022
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea updated the regulation on cosmetic safety standards on April 1st, 2022. This is to strengthen the safety management of cosmetics and protect ...
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