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Apr 29, 2026 | Ecuador Issues Sweeping New Rules for Medical Devices, Replacing Decade-Old Framework
Ecuador's health regulatory authority has issued one of the most comprehensive overhauls of its medical device framework in nearly a decade, signing into law a new technical standard that will govern...
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Apr 29, 2026 | Ecuador's Health Regulator Moves to Tighten Controls Over Medicines, Medical Devices and Market Access
ARCSA announces sweeping reforms to manufacturing and operational standards as part of its 2026 regulatory agenda Ecuador's National Agency for Health Regulation, Control and Surveillance, known a...
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Argentina adopts ninth revision of UN GHS for pesticide and agrochemicals labels
Apr 28, 2026
Argentina's food and agriculture safety authority has introduced new labelling rules for pesticides and agricultural chemicals, overhauling a standard that had been in place since 2014. The resolut...
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Brazil consults public on proposed cosmetics labelling rules for Mercosur
Apr 28, 2026
Brazil's national metrology authority, Inmetro, has opened a 60-day public consultation on a draft regulation that would update how cosmetic products declare their quantity on packaging across the Mer...
Taiwan Expands Toxic Chemical Contril List with Methoxychlor, Dechlorane Plus, and UV-328 in Line with Stockholm Convention
Apr 28, 2026
On 27 April 2026, the Ministry of Environment of Taiwan (MOENV) announced amendments to the Regulations on Listed Toxic Chemical Substances and Their Operational Management through the Chemicals Admi...
UK Committee Calls for Phase-Out of Non-Essential PFAS Uses and Faster UK REACH Reform
Apr 28, 2026
On 23 April 2026, the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) published its report on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The report calls for urgent regulatory action, including t...
METI Announces FY2026 Reporting Changes for Class II Specified Substances
Apr 28, 2026
On 30 March 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published the reporting guidelines for Class II Specified Chemical Substances under the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) ...
K-REACH Regulatory Update: MSDS Requirements for Hazard-Unknown Substances and Toxic Substance Reclassification
Apr 27, 2026
Companies supplying chemicals in Korea must ensure that updated Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) regulatory information is provided to downstream users by July 1, 2026. This upcoming compliance...
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