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Oct 24, 2025 | India Withdraws Quality Control Orders for Six Fatty Acids and Derivatives
On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, officially rescinded six Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for various fatty acids and their deri...
Oct 24, 2025 | Japan Releases 2026 Notification Schedule for Specific New Chemical Substances
On 17 October 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly released the 2026 notificatio...
Ukraine Proposes New Compliance Timelines for UA REACH and UA CLP
Oct 23, 2025
On 22 October 2025, the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine published a draft resolution introducing extended deadlines and key updates to Ukraine’s chemical safety framew...
Indonesia Finalizes Registration Rules for Overseas Halal Certificates (SHLN)
Oct 23, 2025
Indonesia's Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency (BPJPH) has issued Decree No. 221/2025, setting out definitive procedures for registering overseas halal certificates (SHLN) so products certified...
NMPA Updates Cosmetic Ingredient Catalog with Three Newly Monitored Substances
Oct 21, 2025
On October 20, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) announced the second dynamic adjustment to the Catalog of Already Used Cosmetic Ingredients in accordance with relevant provisions un...
EPA Adds New PFAS to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Oct 17, 2025
On October 7, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the automatic addition of sodium perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS-Na) (CAS No. 82382-12-5) to the Toxics Release Inventory (...
PFAS Restriction Dossier Submitters Release Summary of Updates
Oct 22, 2025
The national authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have released a 20-page summary explaining the updates to their proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substa...
Vietnam Tables 2025 Circular Updating Permitted and Banned Plant Protection Products
Oct 22, 2025
On 20 October 2025, Vietnam notified the WTO of a draft Circular updating the List of Permitted Plant Protection Products and the List of Banned Plant Protection Products. The draft, prepared by the P...
Thailand Moves to Mandate TIS 332-2567 for Dry-Chemical Portable Fire Extinguishers
Oct 22, 2025
On 20 October 2025, Thailand notified the WTO of a draft ministerial regulation requiring all dry-chemical portable fire extinguishers—new and refilled—to conform to Thai Industrial Standard (TIS)...
UK Launches Consultation on Proposed Ban of BPA and Other Bisphenols in Food Contact Materials
Oct 22, 2025
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has opened a public consultation on a proposal to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA), other bisphenols, and bisphenol derivatives in materials and articles intended...
EU Parliament Adopts ‘One Substance, One Assessment’ Package to Streamline Chemical Regulation (Updated)
Nov 21, 2025
Update 13 November 2025:The Council of the European Union has today formally approved the One Substance, One Assessment (OSOA) legislative package, marking the final political step before publication ...
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