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US EPA Releases A Comprehensive Roadmap For PFAs

Oct 21, 2021 | US EPA Releases A Comprehensive Roadmap For PFAs

To get ahead of problems that can impact those who make and use PFAs, the US EPA has issued a 26-pages roadmap to set an approach for research, restricting, and remediating these chemicals. Accordi...

PFAS Test methods Chemical Framework
New Turkish Food Codex Maximum of Pesticides Residual Limits Regulation is Published!

Oct 20, 2021 | New Turkish Food Codex Maximum of Pesticides Residual Limits Regulation is Published!

On the 27th of September 2021, the new Turkish Food Codex Maximum of Pesticides Residual Limits Regulation was published on the official gazette, after a public consultation on the draft in 2020. ...

Import/export restrictions product restrictions/prohibitions Compliance strategy
Annexes of Turkey's Cosmetic Regulation are amended!
Annexes of Turkey's Cosmetic Regulation are amended!
Oct 20, 2021

As published on the website of the official gazette, the Turkey cosmetic regulations’ annexes were amended in September. The parts that were amended include: Annex 2 (List of forbidden substance...

Cosmetic Products Substance & mixture classification Hazardous chemicals
Access to EU’s First Public Database for SVHCs Now Available
Access to EU’s First Public Database for SVHCs Now Available
Oct 20, 2021

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) announced the SCIP Database in September 2021; this is a public database for Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) in EU products. SCIP database is aimed at helpin...

EU-REACH SVHC
South Korea updates the list of low-risk biocidal substances to be exempted from K-BPR
South Korea updates the list of low-risk biocidal substances to be exempted from K-BPR
Oct 18, 2021

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the list of low-risk biocidal substances, which can be exempted from K-BPR, on Sep 27th. There are 4 low-risk biocidal substa...

K-BPR New substances Biocides
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Version 9 is published
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Version 9 is published
Oct 02, 2021

Certain amendments were proposed to the 8th version of GHS at the 10th session of the "Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification...

GHS Substance & mixture classification Labelling

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