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Dec 26, 2025 | Japan: MHLW adds 167 New Chemical Substances to ENCS list
On 26 December 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) publishes the list of 167 new chemicals to get added to the Existing and New Chemical Substances (ENCS) Inventory. The ENCS i...
Dec 25, 2025 | Japan Launches Public Consultation on JIS Standards to Align with GHS Revision 9 (Updated)
Update 25 December 2025: On 25 December 2025, the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) published the final standards JIS Z 7252:2025 and JIS Z 7253:2025 on the JSA Group portal. At the time of publ...
EPA Releases Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum for Formaldehyde
Dec 23, 2025
On December 3rd, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Updated Draft Risk Calculation Memorandum for Formaldehyde under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for public comm...
European Parliament Adopts New Toy Safety Regulation to Strengthen Child Health Protection (Updated)
Dec 23, 2025
Update 23 December 2025: Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 December 202...
GCC Notifies WTO of Draft Gulf Technical Regulation Aligning Chemical Classification and Labelling with GHS Rev. 10
Dec 22, 2025
On 17 December 2025, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States (excluding Saudi Arabia), and Yemen notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Gulf Technical Regulation prepared by t...
Stakeholder Consultation Held on Mandatory BIS Standards for Camphor and Isoborneol
Dec 19, 2025
stakeholder consultation meeting on the proposal to make Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications mandatory for camphor (CAS No. 76-22-2) and isoborneol (CAS No. 124-76-5) was held on 18 Decemb...
EU Publishes Regulation Establishing a Common Data Platform on Chemicals
Dec 18, 2025
On 12 December 2025, the European Union formally established a Common Data Platform on Chemicals by publishing Regulation (EU) 2025/2455 in the Official Journal of the European Union. This creates a c...
EU Publishes Guidance on Implementation of BPA and Bisphenol Restrictions in Food Contact Materials
Dec 18, 2025
On 17 December 2025, the European Commission published a formal Note for Guidance clarifying the implementation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, which bans the use of bisphenol A (BPA; 80-05-7...
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