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Aug 06, 2024 | Taiwan to adopt GHS 8 in 2024

On 16 June 2024, Taiwan closed the comment period for the adoption of the eighth revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS 8) through the CNS ...

Hazardous chemicals Labelling Safety data sheets (SDSs) GHS update
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Aug 05, 2024 | China's NIFDC Releases New Guidelines for Compatibility Testing of Packaging Materials

On July 8, 2024, China’s National Institute for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) released the "Technical Guidelines for Compatibility Testing and Evaluation of Cosmetics and Packaging Materials". These...

Cosmetic Products Packaging Guidelines China
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ECHA Announces New Policy for SME Administrative Charges in Joint Authorisation Applications
Aug 05, 2024

On 23 July 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that it has adopted a new policy on administrative charges for joint authorisation applications involving small and medium-sized enterpr...

ECHA Fees SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises
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Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Strategy to Combat Plastic Pollution
Aug 05, 2024

On July 19, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration took a significant step to address plastic pollution by releasing a new joint strategy to combat plastic pollution entitled "Mobilizing Federal Actio...

Circular economy microplastics Plastics Restricted use United States Research and development RD
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Consultation Launched on New Zealand’s Proposed Restrictions on Three POPs
Aug 05, 2024

New Zealand is proposing to amend Schedule 2A of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO Act) to include three new chemicals: Methoxychlor, Dechlorane Plus, and UV-328. These chemicals we...

HSNO Act New Zealand POPs Public Consultation Stockholm Convention
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Canada Steps Up Efforts to Tackle PFAS Pollution: Public Consultation Open
Aug 05, 2024

The Government of Canada is seeking public input on its latest efforts to tackle pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of persistent chemicals commonly found in everyday p...

CEPA PFAS Public Consultation Canada Firefighting foams
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East African Community Adopts Draft Standard for Insecticidal Aerosols
Aug 05, 2024

On 24 July 2024, five East African countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the Draft East African Standard entitled "Insecticidal Aeros...

Active ingredient Labelling Pesticides Product testing Africa East African Standard
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India Notifies WTO of Quality Control Order for H Acid
Aug 05, 2024

On 26 July 2024, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) of India notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the Quality Control Order (QCO) for H Acid. The H Acid (Quality Control...

BIS Quality Control Order WTO
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Indian Government notifies Quality Control Order 2024 for Vinyl Sulphone
Aug 01, 2024

On 26 July 2024, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC), the statutory body of the Government of India notified the Quality Control Order (QCO) for Vinyl Sulphone to the World Trade Org...

BIS Chemical industry Quality Control Order Textiles & apparel
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South Korea discloses hazard assessment results of registered chemicals under K-REACH.
Aug 01, 2024

On June 28, 2024, the National Institute of Chemical Safety (NICS) in South Korea disclosed the results of the hazard assessment of registered chemicals in accordance with Article 42 (Disclosure of ...

Hazard assessment K-REACH South Korea
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South Korea discloses pre-registration results under K-REACH.
Aug 01, 2024

On July 15, 2024, the Chemical Information Management Support Group in South Korea disclosed the results of pre-registered existing chemical substances in accordance with Article 42 (Disclosure of Che...

K-REACH Pre-registration South Korea

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