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Aug 31, 2021 | Canada Nominates LC-PFCAs under the Stockholm Convention
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...
Aug 31, 2021 | ECHA provides clarification for the degradation and mutagenicity studies
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...
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...
Indian Government proposes to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
Aug 06, 2021
Indian Government is proposing to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road’. These Dangerous Goods (DG) refer to substances that pose risks to health, safety, proper...
MEE Publishes a Hazardous Waste Management Working Plan for Soliciting Opinions
Aug 06, 2021
On the 7th of July, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a notification of “Letter on Soliciting Opinions on the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Hazardous Waste Standard...
China Publishes the Cosmetic Monitoring Plan for the Second Half of 2021
Aug 06, 2021
The National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) announced their working plan for the second half of 2021 on 5th July 2021. This working plan is based on the haircare products and chil...
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