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Feb 18, 2025 | Bureau of Indian Standards Opens Public Consultation on Draft Revision for Lactic Acid Food Grade Specifications IS 9971 - First Revision

On February 6, 2025, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released for public consultation a draft of the revised specifications for Lactic Acid, Food Grade (First Revision of IS 9971). The draft, whi...

Asia BIS Business initiatives Chemical Framework Chemical industry Compliance Compliance strategy Deadline Quality Control Order Public Consultation Food Grade Disinfectants
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Feb 17, 2025 | Andean Community Extends Deadline for Compliance with Cosmetic Labeling Regulation

The General Secretariat of the Andean Community has issued Resolution No. 2458, postponing the enforcement date of Resolution No. 2310, which establishes the Andean Technical Regulation on the Labeli...

Cosmetic Products Labelling Latin America Peru
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ANVISA Updates Regulations on Plastic Packaging and Equipment in Contact with Food
Feb 17, 2025

The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has published on the 6th of February 2025, Resolution RDC No. 961/2025, amending Resolution RDC No. 56/2012 regarding the list of authorized monomers,...

Food contact materials Latin America Plastics Brazil
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Ukraine - Key Regulatory Insights 2024
Feb 14, 2025

On July 23, 2024, Ukraine officially adopted the Technical Regulation on the Safety of Chemical Products, known as UA-REACH, aligning its chemical safety legislation with the European Union’s REACH ...

CLP Ozone depleting substance ODS UA-REACH Classification Labelling and Packaging Extended Producer Responsability
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United Kingdom - Key Regulatory Insights 2024
Feb 14, 2025

The UK Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (UK-REACH) serves as the legal framework for regulating chemicals in Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) following...

CMRs Mandatory Classification and labelling MCL UK-REACH Alternative Transitional Registration Model ATRm
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EU - Key Regulatory Insights 2024
Feb 14, 2025

The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, is the legal framework for the regulation of chemicals in the European Union...

CLP ECHA CHEM EU REACH Ozone depleting substance ODS PFAS SVHC Candidate List Poison Centre Notifications PCNs
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Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List 
Feb 14, 2025

On 12 February 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), together with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a joint dr...

CSCL Database METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Update Priority Assessment Chemical Substances PACS
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Thailand Reviews Hazardous Substances Act Following Stakeholder Consultation
Feb 13, 2025

The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has released an evaluation of Thailand’s Hazardous Substances Act, following an extensive public consultation held between August and September 2024. The rev...

Public Consultation Thailand Hazardous Substances Act Department of Industrial Works DIW Public Consultation Regulatory Review
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PPWR Enters into Force: ECHA Takes on New Role in Packaging Safety
Feb 12, 2025

On 11 February 2025, the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) officially entered into force, introducing stricter requirements to reduce packaging waste, improve recyclab...

Circular economy ECHA Sustainability Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation PPWR Enters into Force Hazardous Substances in Packaging
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Brazil: Anvisa updates toxicological evaluation guides for pesticides
Feb 12, 2025

The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) has revised its pesticide evaluation guidance for mutagenicity, carcinogenesis, neurotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity.   Purpose of the Updat...

CMRs Public Health Pesticide Regulation Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency ANVISA Pesticide Evaluation Guidelines Neurotoxicity Law 14.785/2023 Toxicological Re-Analysis
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ECHA Revises Emission Scenario Document for Product Type 18
Feb 12, 2025

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released the revised Emission Scenario Document (ESD) for Product Type 18 (PT18) in December 2024. This substantial update to the 2008 OECD ESD PT18 offers critica...

BPR ECHA Biocidal Products Regulation Insecticide Revised Emission Scenario Document ESD Product Type 18 PT18 BPR Risk Mitigation Measures Environmental Protection Active Substances

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