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Sep 28, 2022 | South Korea consults for the draft on Cosmetics Preservation Test Guidelines
National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft on Cosmetics Preservation Test Guidelines on September 26th, 2022. This is to strengthen the quality an...
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 measureme...
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 (FSSA...
Ratification of pesticides in Kenya
Sep 26, 2022
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...
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 Stan...
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...
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...
South Korea updates Regulations on Emissions Survey and Calculation Factors of Chemical Substances
Sep 21, 2022
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the ‘Regulations on Emissions Survey and Calculation Factors of Chemical Substances’ under the Chemical Substances Control Act. The scope fo...
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