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Ecuador Publishes Draft Framework to Streamline Health Product Registration

Jul 22, 2025 | Ecuador Publishes Draft Framework to Streamline Health Product Registration

The Ecuadorian National Agency for Regulation, Control, and Health Surveillance (ARCSA) has issued a resolution introducing new reforms to the technical sanitary regulations for the registration of he...

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Japan: MHLW adds 29 entries to the list of chemicals that cause skin irritation

Jul 21, 2025 | Japan: MHLW adds 29 entries to the list of chemicals that cause skin irritation

On 18 July 2025, The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan released a list of substances that have been found to irritate skin or absorb through the skin. The list was made public on...

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Japan: MHLW revises the provisions for chemicals that cause skin irritation
Japan: MHLW revises the provisions for chemicals that cause skin irritation
Jul 21, 2025

Update: On 28 February 2025, MHLW published the revised list of chemicals causing skin irritation. This revised list contains updated provisions for skin irritants. More information can be found here....

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EPA Finalizes Significant New Use Rules for Certain Chemical Substances
EPA Finalizes Significant New Use Rules for Certain Chemical Substances
Jul 18, 2025

On June 13, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule in the Federal Register (90 FR 24977), establishing Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Co...

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UN Announces Amendments for the 24th Revised Edition of the UN Model Regulations
UN Announces Amendments for the 24th Revised Edition of the UN Model Regulations
Jul 18, 2025

On 16 July 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. These amendments to the twenty-third revis...

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UNECE Announces Updates for the 11th Revised Edition of GHS
UNECE Announces Updates for the 11th Revised Edition of GHS
Jul 18, 2025

On 16 July 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced amendments to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).  The amendments to...

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Japan adds one chemical to the Essential Monomers list under FCM Positive list
Japan adds one chemical to the Essential Monomers list under FCM Positive list
Jul 18, 2025

On 4 July 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released notice 437 regarding the addition of one chemical to the list of essential monomers which constitutes the base material in the Table 1, A...

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India Notifies Addition of Six New Insecticides Under the Insecticides Act, 1968
India Notifies Addition of Six New Insecticides Under the Insecticides Act, 1968
Jul 16, 2025

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) has officially notified the inclusion of six new insecticides in the Schedule of the Insecticides Act, 1...

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Japan publishes GHS Classified Chemicals list for FY 2024
Japan publishes GHS Classified Chemicals list for FY 2024
Jul 15, 2025

On 14 July 2025, Japan's National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) published a list of 186 substances classified in accordance with the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and L...

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EU Proposes Simplification of CLP, Cosmetics and Fertiliser Rules; Key Labelling Requirements to Be Postponed to 2028
EU Proposes Simplification of CLP, Cosmetics and Fertiliser Rules; Key Labelling Requirements to Be Postponed to 2028
Jul 14, 2025

On 8 July 2025, the European Commission published a wide-ranging legislative proposal package aimed at simplifying the EU’s chemicals legislation. This includes significant proposed amendments to the...

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UK Launches Consultation on Further Extensions to UK REACH Deadlines Amid Ongoing ATRm Development
UK Launches Consultation on Further Extensions to UK REACH Deadlines Amid Ongoing ATRm Development
Jul 14, 2025

The UK Government has launched a public consultation on proposals to extend the transitional registration submission deadlines under UK REACH further. Published on 14 July 2025 by the Department for E...

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