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Sep 12, 2022 | Ukraine publishes a proposition to restrict triclosan lead and cadmium in food contact materials.
Ukrainian Ministry of Health has published a draft proposal to ban the chemical triclosan in production of plastic and food contact materials. Triclosan is an anti-bacterial chemical commonly used in...
Sep 09, 2022 | South Korea provides a guide to implement biocide management system for manufacturers and importers of consumer chemical products subject to safety verification
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea provides a guide to implement biocide management system for manufacturers and importers of consumer chemical products subject to safety verification. U...
South Korea consults for the Regulation on Safety Standards of Cosmetics
Sep 09, 2022
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘Regulation on Safety Standards of Cosmetics’ under the Cosmetic Act on September 5th, 2022. This is to stre...
Upcoming meetings of Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention’s Review Committees
Sep 09, 2022
Expert committees for the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will hold meetings in the upcoming weeks. At the meetings, aspects relative to trade requirements for hazardous pesticides and chemicals,...
REACH Committee to discuss draft restriction on intentionally added microplastics
Sep 09, 2022
The European Union’s Committee for the REACH Regulation will discuss a restriction proposal on microplastics by the European Commission in its upcoming meeting on September 23, 2022. The release...
Chile consults on overhaul of food additives legislation
Sep 09, 2022
The Chilean Ministry of Health opened, on 22 August, 2022, a consultation on proposed amendments to the Chilean Food Health Code. The proposals would completely modify Title III of the Code – which re...
Vietnam does not extend the safeguard measures on imported DAP and MAP fertilizers
Sep 05, 2022
The application of safeguard measures, valid from March 7, 2020 to September 6, 2022, was granted based on Decision no.715/QD-BCT which was issued on March 3, 2020. In Decision no.715, the application...
New rules prohibiting the manufacturing of certain plastic products are to apply in New Zealand
Sep 01, 2022
New Zealand has in spring 2022 released the Waste Minimisation (Plastic and Related Products) Regulations 2022 that are a subject of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008. The regulations' purpose is t...
Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Redefined
Sep 01, 2022
On March 17th 2022, the SME regulation has been updated to redefine the micro, small and medium enterprises to match the value change of the Turkish Lira in the past years. The new definitions might a...
Iceland is now accepting PCN through ECHA’s submission portal.
Sep 01, 2022
Under Annex VIII to the CLP Regulation, importers and downstream users placing hazardous mixtures on the EU market are to provide specific information on their mixtures to appointed bodies. The platfo...
Argentina adopts Mercosur rules on the inland transport of dangerous goods
Aug 31, 2022
The Argentinian government adopted, on 22 August, 2022, new Mercosur rules concerning the inland transport of dangerous goods, covering both road and rail transport. Currently, the transport...
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