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Feb 08, 2022 | European Commission bans the use of fragrance ingredient in cosmetic products
Under EU Cosmetics Regulation, the commission banned some uses of methyl-n-methylanthranilate as a fragrance ingredient. This is an ingredient usually used in the production of shampoos, soaps, and ...
Feb 08, 2022 | Japan adds 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid to its list of deleterious substances
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan recently designated 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid as a deleterious substance. This is an industrial substance widely used in coating prod...
UK authorities to assess 4 groups of substances for potential inclusion in the candidate list
Feb 04, 2022
When UK REACH entered into force, all substances included in the EU REACH candidate list were ipso facto (by the fact itself) transferred into the new UK REACH candidate list. As to the substances ...
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Vietnam publishes a draft amendment to Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP
Aug 10, 2021
On July 9, 2021, the General Department of Chemicals of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam published a draft decree to amend Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP regarding the Law on Chemic...
BIS extends the implementation date of Acetic acid Menthanol Aniline and Morpholine
Feb 04, 2022
On January 31, 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released a Gazette notification for Extension in the Implementation date of Chemicals under mandatory certification Scheme I. The chemica...
Updated Enforcement Rule of The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act K-BPR came into effect
Feb 04, 2022
Updated Enforcement Rule of The Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BPR) came into effect on December 31st, 2021.This updated Enforcement Rule reflects matters mandated by ...
Malaysia launches MyEHS for hazardous substance registration
Apr 30, 2021
The Department of Environment (DOE) in the Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia launched a new website in April 2021. This new website called ‘MyEHS’ was launched after the department clo...
ECHA considers adding eight new substances to the Authorisation list
Feb 03, 2022
ECHA regularly recommends substances from the Candidate List to be included in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV to REACH), based on the information in the registration dossiers on uses and volumes ...
South Korea distributes a guide for serious civic accidents caused by raw materials under SAPA
Jan 27, 2022
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea published and distributed a guide to serious civic accidents caused by raw materials and products under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA). ...
Consultation: Canada deliberate on adding Competency Based Training for Dangerous Goods’ Transportation Rules
Jan 26, 2022
Transport Canada (TC) recently opened a discussion to revise Part 6 of the Transportation of Dangerous Products (TDG) and set new training requirements. Published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 on...
Acceptance of VOC regulations for consumer goods in Canada
Jan 26, 2022
Canada has embraced Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) directions for certain customer and commercial products, setting up the most extreme concentration...
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