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Aug 07, 2025 | South Korea Proposes Clearer Labeling Rules for Biocidal Products to Enhance Consumer Understanding
On July 30, 2025, South Korea notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a proposed revision to the “Labelling Standards for Biocidal Products” under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Sa...
Aug 05, 2025 | South Korea Strengthens Chemical Safety Regulations with Amendments to Enforcement Decrees of K-REACH and CCA
On July 29, 2025, the South Korean Government approved amendments to the enforcement decrees of the Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (K-REACH) and the Chemical Control Act...
Japan advances enforcement of chemicals under mandatory Labelling and SDS norms
Aug 06, 2025
Update: On 29 July 2025, Japan's MHLW released the revised enforcement notice to remove the chemicals from the list of mandatory safety data sheets (SDS) and labelling. The notice was published on the...
India Notifies Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2025
Aug 04, 2025
On 29 July 2025, the Government of India notified the Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2025, through publication in the Official Gazette. The amendments, which revise select provisions of the Cosmetics Ru...
Japan Amends the General Chemical Substance List under CSCL
Aug 01, 2025
On 31 July 2025, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), and Ministry of Environment (MOE) jointly announced the addition of 157 new subs...
China enforces GHS Rev. 8 via mandatory standard GB 30000.1-2024
Aug 01, 2025
Update: As scheduled, GB 30000.1-2024 entered into force on 1 August 2025. From this date onward, chemical classification and labelling in China must comply exclusively with GB 30000.1-2024 which impl...
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