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Vietnam proposes a circular draft discerning the differences industrial and food-grade alcohol

Oct 06, 2022 | Vietnam proposes a circular draft discerning the differences industrial and food-grade alcohol

On August 19, 2022, Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) released a draft circular on distinguishing food-grade and non-food-grade alcohol based on the national technical regulation for alcoh...

Chemical industry Labelling
South Korea provides a guideline for preparing for biocidal product approval submissions

Oct 06, 2022 | South Korea provides a guideline for preparing for biocidal product approval submissions

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea provides a guideline to prepare biocidal product approval submissions. Under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Contr...

Biocides K-BPR
California lawmakers pass legislation to ban PFAS for cosmetic products
California lawmakers pass legislation to ban PFAS for cosmetic products
Oct 04, 2022

On 23 August 2022, the California State Assembly passed legislation ‘AB 2771’. The bill would ban the sale in California of any cosmetics and personal care products that contain any type of PFAS (per-...

Cosmetic Products Personal care PFAS Regulation US TSCA
Deadline for updating EU SDSs is approaching
Deadline for updating EU SDSs is approaching
Oct 04, 2022

The deadline for updating EU Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) authored before January 2021 is approaching. All SDSs compiled under EU 2015/830 must be replaced by 31 December 2022 with a new SDS authored und...

Chemical industry EU REACH Safety data sheets (SDSs)
Japan publishes the Schedule for Notifications of New Chemicals for 2023
Japan publishes the Schedule for Notifications of New Chemicals for 2023
Sep 29, 2022

On 9 September 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) jointly published the Notif...

Chemical industry Chemical notification/ registration
South Korea consults for the draft on Cosmetics Preservation Test Guidelines
South Korea consults for the draft on Cosmetics Preservation Test Guidelines
Sep 28, 2022

National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea consults on a draft on Cosmetics Preservation Test Guidelines on September 26th, 2022. This is to strengthen the quality an...

Cosmetic Products Test methods
Vietnam publishes new development strategies on domestic chemical industry
Vietnam publishes new development strategies on domestic chemical industry
Sep 27, 2022

On June 16th, 2022, a decision approving Vietnam’s chemical industry development strategy was signed by deputy prime minister Le Van Thanh.  Under the strategies, new policies, tasks, and measureme...

Chemical industry Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Saudi Arabia updates the permitted use of Methyl N-Methylanthranilate MNM
Saudi Arabia updates the permitted use of Methyl N-Methylanthranilate MNM
Sep 27, 2022

On 8 August 2022, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) updated the permitted use of Methyl N-Methylanthranilate (MNM) in cosmetic products. In cosmetics, MNM acts as a fragrance. It is used in fin...

Cosmetic Products Safer alternatives

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