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Aug 10, 2023 | South Korea designates three new chemicals as toxic substances.
On August 1st, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea partially revised and notified the Notice of Designation of Toxic Substances, in accordance with Article 2(6...
Aug 09, 2023 | Water-soluble zinc salts used in oral hygiene products: preliminary opinion open for comments
On 3 July 2023, the EU’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) adopted Opinion on Water-soluble Zinc Salts Used in Oral Hygiene Products (II). Water-soluble zinc compounds are used in oral co...
PFHxS banned in the EU under the POPs Regulation
Aug 09, 2023
On 8 August 2023, the EU published Regulation (EU) 2023/1068 in the Official Journal of European Union amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 known as the Persistent Organic Polutants (POPs) Regulation. I...
Poison Centres: Industrial-use-only mixtures must comply from 1 January 2024
Aug 08, 2023
In the EU, starting from 1 January 2024, all newly submitted Poison Centre Notifications (PCNs) must comply with the harmonized information requirements detailed in Annex VIII to the Classification, L...
Australia Consults on Listing 3 groups of PFAS chemicals and PeCB in the IChEMS Register Schedule 7
Aug 08, 2023
On 21 July 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water opened consultations on the proposed scheduling decisions for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooc...
UN Publishes the Tenth Revised Edition of GHS
Aug 08, 2023
On 27 July 2023, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 10th revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS10). Th...
South Korea implements a preliminary review system for biocidal products.
Aug 07, 2023
Starting this August, the Ministry of Environment in South Korea is introducing a preliminary review system to expedite the completeness review period conducted by the National Institute of Environmen...
Bangladesh notifies two draft food safety regulations to the WTO
Aug 05, 2023
On 14 July 2023 the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (Ministry of Food) notified two draft food safety regulations to the World Trade Organization (WTO): the Draft Food Safety (Chemical Contaminants a...
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