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Brazil Approves New Food Packaging Safety Rules for Cellulose Films

Sep 18, 2025 | Brazil Approves New Food Packaging Safety Rules for Cellulose Films

Brazil’s national health regulator, ANVISA, has introduced new sanitary requirements for regenerated cellulose films used in food packaging, in a move aimed at strengthening consumer safety and aligni...

Food contact materials Latin America Brazil
Japan Releases Updated Guidelines for Revising Standards for Substances in Food-Contact Materials

Sep 18, 2025 | Japan Releases Updated Guidelines for Revising Standards for Substances in Food-Contact Materials

Update: On 10 September 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published the revised manual of standards for substances in food contact materials (FCMs.) The update includes changes to Appendix 1...

Japan Food contact materials MHLW update Guidance Positive List (Annex I)
Singapore to Phase Out Six Mercury-Added Lighting Products: NEA Launches WTO TBT Consultation
Singapore to Phase Out Six Mercury-Added Lighting Products: NEA Launches WTO TBT Consultation
Sep 18, 2025

On 8 September 2025, Singapore notified the WTO (G/TBT/N/SGP/76) of a proposal to control six mercury-added lighting products asHazardous Substances under the Environmental Protection and Management A...

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Japan: METI amends notifications provisions for chemicals under CSCL
Japan: METI amends notifications provisions for chemicals under CSCL
Sep 18, 2025

Original Text:e-GOV Public Comment Portal    draftand are given below:    2. Changes to Electronic Notification Requirements (Articles 20–21)In addition to electronic signatures,  (e.g., G Biz ID) wil...

Amendment CSCL Enforcement Japan
Japan amends notification rules for New Chemical Substances under CSCL
Japan amends notification rules for New Chemical Substances under CSCL
Sep 18, 2025

Update: On 17 September 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of the Environment (MoE) jointly announced the promulg...

Amendment CSCL Enforcement Japan
Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment Advances Digital Transformation of Wastewater Management
Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment Advances Digital Transformation of Wastewater Management
Sep 17, 2025

On 17 September 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment (MoENV) announced draft amendments to the Regulations Governing Water Pollution Prevention Measures and Testing Reporting Management. The revisio...

Public Consultation Sustainability Waste water emission Taiwan Ministry of Environment MoENV Water Pollution Prevention Wastewater Management Environmental Monitoring

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