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Sep 29, 2022 | Japan publishes the Schedule for Notifications of New Chemicals for 2023
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...
Sep 28, 2022 | South Korea consults for the draft on Cosmetics Preservation Test Guidelines
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...
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...
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...
India sets migration limits for antimony and DEHP for FCM
Sep 27, 2022
On 31 August 2022 a regulation entitled “Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Second Amendment Regulations, 2022.” was published and enforced by The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSA...
Ratification of pesticides in Kenya
Sep 26, 2022
The latest update of the Pest Control Products Bill, 2022 was published in Kenya in April 2022. It represents an urgent update to the existing Kenyan pesticide regulation. After various analyses, i...
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