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Nov 20, 2025 | Canada Centralizes Access to Product Safety Test Methods in New PSL Index
On 30 October 2025, Health Canada released a centralized online index of Product Safety Laboratory (PSL) test methods, which helps industry assess the safety and compliance of consumer products and co...
Nov 20, 2025 | South Korea Notifies WTO of a Draft Amendment to Food Labelling Standards
On November 18, 2025, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) notified the WTO of a draft revision to the Food Labeling Standards aimed at improving consumer clarity and harmonizing rules w...
EPA Releases Draft TSCA Risk Evaluation for D4 (Updated)
Nov 20, 2025
Update 20 November 2025:The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rescheduled the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) preparatory meeting which will be held virtually to December...
Philippines Drafts Unified Classification of Pharmaceutical Products Intended for Human Use
Nov 19, 2025
Manila, November 2025. The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft Circular that standardizes how human medicines are classified and reclassified nationwide. The proposal re...
ECHA Proposes Four New Substances for Inclusion in the REACH Authorisation List
Nov 19, 2025
On 18 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) made its 12th recommendation to the European Commission, that four additional substances be added to the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of the...
Taiwan Strengthens PFAS Regulation: PFOS and PFOA Banned from Groundwater Injection
Nov 18, 2025
On November 18, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment announced a revision to its “Hazardous Substances Prohibited from Groundwater Injection” regulations, officially adding perfluoro octane sulfonat...
India Rescinds Fourteen Quality Control Orders (QCOs) under BIS Act, 2016
Nov 14, 2025
On 12 November 2025, the Government of India, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals) issued a series of orders rescinding fourteen previously notified BIS Qua...
Colombia Publishes Its First National Inventory of Chemical Substances
Nov 14, 2025
Colombia has officially completed and published its first National Inventory of Industrial Chemical Substances. Under Decree 1630/2021, all hazardous substances imported or manufactured in quantities...
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