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Jun 26, 2025 | India Amends Polyethylene Quality Control Order: Changes to Exemptions for Specific Grades
India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has issued the Polyethylene Material for Moulding and Extrusion (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2025, further amending the original 2022 Qu...
Jun 25, 2025 | ECHA Adds Three New Substances to the Candidate List of SVHCs
On 25 June 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of three hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under the REACH Regulation. T...
EU Publishes 23rd ATP to CLP Regulation – New Classifications Apply from February 2027
Jun 24, 2025
The European Commission has adopted the 23rd Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP) to the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP9 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 through Delegated Regulation (EU)...
Ukraine Notifies WTO of Draft Regulation on Joint Submission Rules for Chemical Substance Registration under UA-REACH
Jun 19, 2025
On 16 June 2025, Ukraine officially notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft resolution of the titled "On Approval of the Rules for Joint Submission of Information in Applications for St...
India extends enforcement date for Quality Control Orders for three chemicals
Jun 17, 2025
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has extended the enforcement dates for Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for three chemicals: H Acid (CAS No: 90-20-0), K Acid (Cas No: 118-03-6), and Vinyl...
Japan’s Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs) effective from 1 June 2025
Jun 17, 2025
Japan’s Positive List (PL) for food contact materials (FCMs) entered into force on 1 June 2025. On the same day, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a manual introducing the positive list on i...
GHS Brazil: Update Published for ABNT NBR14725 Standard
Jun 17, 2025
The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) released on July 3 of 2023, a significant update to the ABNT NBR14725 Standard, which governs the classification and labeling of chemicals. This...
Canada’s New Biocides Regulations Now in Force: A Unified Framework for Surface Disinfectants and Sanitizers
Jun 13, 2025
On May 31, 2025, Canada’s Biocides Regulations under the Food and Drugs Act officially entered into force, establishing a single regulatory framework for surface disinfectants and sanitizers—collectiv...
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