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Feb 14, 2025 | United Kingdom - Key Regulatory Insights 2024
The UK Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (UK-REACH) serves as the legal framework for regulating chemicals in Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) following...
Feb 14, 2025 | EU - Key Regulatory Insights 2024
The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, is the legal framework for the regulation of chemicals in the European Union...
Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List
Feb 14, 2025
On 12 February 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), together with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a joint dr...
Thailand Reviews Hazardous Substances Act Following Stakeholder Consultation
Feb 13, 2025
The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has released an evaluation of Thailand’s Hazardous Substances Act, following an extensive public consultation held between August and September 2024. The rev...
PPWR Enters into Force: ECHA Takes on New Role in Packaging Safety
Feb 12, 2025
On 11 February 2025, the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) officially entered into force, introducing stricter requirements to reduce packaging waste, improve recyclab...
Brazil: Anvisa updates toxicological evaluation guides for pesticides
Feb 12, 2025
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) has revised its pesticide evaluation guidance for mutagenicity, carcinogenesis, neurotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity. Purpose of the Updat...
ECHA Revises Emission Scenario Document for Product Type 18
Feb 12, 2025
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released the revised Emission Scenario Document (ESD) for Product Type 18 (PT18) in December 2024. This substantial update to the 2008 OECD ESD PT18 offers critica...
EU Withdraws Approval of Metribuzin over Health and Environmental Concerns
Feb 12, 2025
The European Union (EU) has decided not to renew the approval of the herbicide metribuzin due to concerns about its possible risks to human health and the environment. The decision comes after the Eur...
EU Updates Regulation EU No 547/2011 on the Labelling of Plant Protection Products
Jan 13, 2025
The European Union has taken an important step to improve the safety and transparency of plant protection products by updating Regulation (EU) No 547/2011. The proposed updates aim to harmonise labell...
Kenya’s PCPB Introduces New CRM Requirement for Pest Control Product Registration
Dec 19, 2024
The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) of Kenya has introduced a new requirement for the submission of Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) as part of the pest control product registration procedure. ...
Paraguay Regulates Hygiene Cosmetic and Perfume Products under Decree No. 2942
Feb 11, 2025
The Government of Paraguay, through the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, has issued Decree No. 2942, which establishes regulations for personal hygiene, cosmetic, and perfume products. Th...
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