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India Withdraws Quality Control Orders for Six Fatty Acids and Derivatives

Oct 24, 2025 | India Withdraws Quality Control Orders for Six Fatty Acids and Derivatives

On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, officially rescinded six Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for various fatty acids and their deri...

BIS Indian Standard Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals DCPC Quality Control Order QCO QCO Withdrawl
Japan Releases 2026 Notification Schedule for Specific New Chemical Substances

Oct 24, 2025 | Japan Releases 2026 Notification Schedule for Specific New Chemical Substances

On 17 October 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly released the 2026 notification...

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Ukraine Proposes New Compliance Timelines for UA REACH and UA CLP
Ukraine Proposes New Compliance Timelines for UA REACH and UA CLP
Oct 23, 2025

On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine published a draft resolution introducing extended deadlines and key updates to Ukraine’s chemical safety framewor...

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Indonesia Finalizes Registration Rules for Overseas Halal Certificates (SHLN)
Indonesia Finalizes Registration Rules for Overseas Halal Certificates (SHLN)
Oct 23, 2025

Indonesia's Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency (BPJPH) has issued Decree No. 221/2025, setting out definitive procedures for registering overseas halal certificates (SHLN) so products certified...

Indonesia Halal Certification Halal Product Assurance Agency BPJPH Product Compliance Regulatory Update
PFAS Restriction Dossier Submitters Release Summary of Updates
PFAS Restriction Dossier Submitters Release Summary of Updates
Oct 22, 2025

The national authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have released a 20-page summary explaining the updates to their proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substa...

EU REACH PFAS Restriction Proposal EU Chemicals Regulation Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Updated Dossier
Vietnam Tables 2025 Circular Updating Permitted and Banned Plant Protection Products
Vietnam Tables 2025 Circular Updating Permitted and Banned Plant Protection Products
Oct 22, 2025

On 20 October 2025, Vietnam notified the WTO of a draft Circular updating the List of Permitted Plant Protection Products and the List of Banned Plant Protection Products. The draft, prepared by the P...

Plant Protection Products (PPP) Agricultural Chemicals

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