Apr 25, 2024 | Taiwan finalizes the deadline for cosmetic product information files
On April 11, 2024, Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the types of cosmetics and implementation dates for which product information files (PIFs)...
Apr 24, 2024 | EU Parliament Adopts Provisional Agreement to Update the CLP Regulation
In a plenary session on 23 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted a provisional political agreement with the EU countries to update the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) regulation. T...
Canada Strengthens Environmental Regulations with New Plastics Reporting Mandate
Apr 24, 2024
The Canadian Department of the Environment announced on April 20, 2024, an enhanced regulation under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, that will now require industries involved with pla...
Australian IChEMS Seeks Public Feedback on New Chemical Management Standards
Apr 24, 2024
The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is seeking public input on proposed Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS) decisions on int...
EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances under Superfund Law
Apr 24, 2024
On April 19, 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), along with their salts and structura...
India releases QCO amendment for orthophosphoric acid
Apr 24, 2024
On 13 April 2024, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) of India published the Ortho Phosphoric Acid (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2024. Background to the Amendment The Orth...
EU Agencies Collaborate to Assess Chemical Safety and Sustainability
Apr 23, 2024
In a report published on 17 April 2024, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have presented their joint assessment of chemical pollution across Europe. The re...
India introduces amendment to plastic waste management rules
Apr 23, 2024
On March 15, 2024, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) notified the rules further amending the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 namely the Plastic Waste Management (A...
UK SAG-CS Publishes Final Opinion on Methyl Salicylate: Setting Safe Limits in Cosmetics
Apr 22, 2024
The UK Scientific Advisory Group on the Chemical Safety of Non-Food and Non-Medicinal Consumer Products (SAG-CS) published its final opinion on methyl salicylate in cosmetics on 8 March 2024. The opin...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Updated Guidance on PFAS Destruction and Disposal
Apr 18, 2024
On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an updated "Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Materia...
Japan to revise Enforcement Order for Act on Chemical Substances Regulation
Apr 18, 2024
On 12 April 2024, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) formally notified the World Trade Orga...
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