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Oct 16, 2023 | Mercosur Proposes Updates to Additives for Food Contact Materials: Seeking Public Feedback
The trade bloc of South America (Mercosur) has released a preliminary regulatory proposal aimed at modernizing the roster of permissible additives for food contact materials. Should the proposal ga...
Oct 16, 2023 | New Zealand Proposes Reforms for Cosmetics Industry
In a progressive step to improve consumer safety and align with international standards, New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) recently announced ambitious proposals to overhaul the c...
Health Canada Releases Crucial Hazardous Substance Assessments
Oct 16, 2023
In a move to enhance public safety, Health Canada has recently released information on six Hazardous Substance Assessments (HSAs). These assessments, fundamental for suppliers of hazardous products un...
Health Canada Extends Comment Period for Proposed Hazardous Substance Disclosure Rules
Oct 16, 2023
Health Canada has extended the comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the proposed disclosure requirements for hazardous substances found in household chemical products such as cleaner...
ANVISA updates revisions on Pesticide Disinfectant and Wood Preservative Ingredients
Oct 15, 2023
ANVISA; Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency routinely revises its router of approved active ingredients in pesticides, sanitizing disinfectants, and wood preservatives. The updated guidelines...
ECHA to Prepare Restriction Proposal on Certain Chromium VI Substances
Oct 13, 2023
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has received a mandate from the European Commission to prepare a restriction proposal in accordance with the requirements of Annex XV of the REACH Regulation targe...
Japan revises its list of chemicals requiring SDSs and GHS labels
Oct 12, 2023
In Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has taken significant steps to improve workplace safety by updating the list of substances that require safety data sheets (SDSs) and labels...
India notifies Quality Control Order for Asbestos and Fibre Cement-Based Products to WTO
Oct 12, 2023
On 21 September 2023, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) notified the draft of a new regulation called the Asbestos or Fiber Cement-Based Products (Quality Control) Re...
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