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Aug 31, 2021 | HSE only adds two substances into the UK Authorisation List
On 31st August 2021, the United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE), in charge of implementing UK REACH, published a draft recommendation for the inclusion of two substances into the Authoriza...
Aug 31, 2021 | Peru Turns Registry for Emissions & Pollutants Mandatory
On July 24, Peru’s Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) published Decree 18/2021. By this Decree, Peru creates the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (RETC by its acronym in Spanish). The new d...
Ministry of Health Publishes a Draft Regulation on Amending Turkish Biocidal Product Regulation
Aug 31, 2021
The Ministry of Health, Turkey published on their webiste the draft regulation on the amendment of Turkish Biocidal Product Regulation. Current Biocidal regulation came into force on 31.12.2009 in...
Lotus corniculatus, extract clears Screening assessment in Canada
Aug 31, 2021
As per section 74 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have conducted a screening assessment of Lotus corniculatus extr...
Canada Nominates LC-PFCAs under the Stockholm Convention
Aug 31, 2021
On the 5th of August, the Government of Canada nominated long-chain PFCAs, their salts and related compounds (also known as precursors) for consideration under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent...
ECHA provides clarification for the degradation and mutagenicity studies
Aug 31, 2021
ECHA elucidates the rules on accepting adaptations for degradation testing and requiring combined studies for mutagenicity. It also suggests companies should consider these changes while deciding whet...
ECHA updated the Guidance on Registration
Aug 31, 2021
ECHA added new updates in the Guidance on Registration in August 2021. The new updated version of the guidance document offers advanced support to the companies with their registration obligations. ...
28 food related additives and reactants are approved by National Health Commission of China
Aug 31, 2021
On the 26th of July, the National Health Commission of China (NHC) announced that 9 food additives and 19 food reactants were approved, according to China Food Safety Law. The above mentioned 28 su...
China publishes The final version of ‘Measures for Cosmetics Supervision and Administration’
Aug 31, 2021
On the 6th of August, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) enacted “Measures for Cosmetics Supervision and Administration” which will come into force from the first day of 2022. This is...
South Korea enacts the Act on Risk Assessment of Products for Human Body
Aug 27, 2021
South Korea enacted the Act on Risk Assessment of on July 27, 2021. This Act aims to protect and promote public health by evaluating risk assessment of products applied to the human body and regulatin...
South Korea expands the definition of existing substances
Aug 25, 2021
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea added the provision to expand the definition of existing substances on Aug 12th, 2021. According to K-REACH, existing substances are those listed in...
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