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Oct 29, 2026 | China Issues MEE Order No. 40: Revised Chemical Registration Rules Replace Order No. 12
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) has published MEE Order No. 40, introducing revised Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances. Approved on Oct...
Oct 28, 2026 | Centre Revises Implementation Dates for Quality Control Orders on Cement Bags and Mail Sacks
New Delhi, October 26, 2026: The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has notified amendments to three quality control orders governing woven sacks used for cement packaging and mail handling, revisi...
Centre Suspends Quality Control Norms for Linear Alkyl Benzene Until December 31, 2026
Oct 28, 2026
New Delhi, September 29, 2026: The Central Government has temporarily suspended the applicability of Indian Standards requirements for Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) from April 1 to December 31, 2026, cit...
Canada Adopts Significant New Activity Requirements for TMTD Under CEPA
Oct 27, 2026
On 21 October 2026, the Government of Canada published a final order in the Canada Gazette, Part II, amending the Domestic Substances List (DSL) to apply the Significant New Activity (SNAc) provisions...
EU Parliament Approves Changes to CLP Labelling Rules and Application Timelines
Oct 27, 2026
On 22 October 2026, the European Parliament adopted its first-reading position on the Chemicals Omnibus VI package, approving changes to the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation...
Australia Consults on PFAS Evaluation and Proposes TFA Risk Assessment
Oct 27, 2026
On 21 October 2026, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) published a draft evaluation statement on the importation, manufacture and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance...
BIS Issues Wide Circulation Draft for Tetrahydrofuran Specification
Oct 27, 2026
On October 22, 2026, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) issued a Wide Circulation Draft proposing a new Indian Standard titled ‘Tetrahydrofuran — Specification’. The draft has been prepared by the O...
BIS Invites Comments on Draft Fourth Revision of Phenol (Carbolic Acid) Specification
Oct 27, 2026
On October 22, 2026, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) issued a Wide Circulation Draft proposing the fourth revision of IS 538:2020, ‘Phenol (Carbolic Acid) – Specification’. The draft has been pre...
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