Aug 09, 2023 | Water-soluble zinc salts used in oral hygiene products: preliminary opinion open for comments
On 3 July 2023, the EU’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) adopted Opinion on Water-soluble Zinc Salts Used in Oral Hygiene Products (II). Water-soluble zinc compounds are used in oral ...
Aug 09, 2023 | PFHxS banned in the EU under the POPs Regulation
On 8 August 2023, the EU published Regulation (EU) 2023/1068 in the Official Journal of European Union amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 known as the Persistent Organic Polutants (POPs) Regulation. I...
South Korea implements a preliminary review system for biocidal products.
Aug 07, 2023
Starting this August, the Ministry of Environment in South Korea is introducing a preliminary review system to expedite the completeness review period conducted by the National Institute of Environmen...
Poison Centres: Industrial-use-only mixtures must comply from 1 January 2024
Aug 08, 2023
In the EU, starting from 1 January 2024, all newly submitted Poison Centre Notifications (PCNs) must comply with the harmonized information requirements detailed in Annex VIII to the Classification, L...
Australia Consults on Listing 3 groups of PFAS chemicals and PeCB in the IChEMS Register Schedule 7
Aug 08, 2023
On 21 July 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water opened consultations on the proposed scheduling decisions for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooc...
UN countries add 3 substances to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention
May 15, 2023
At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention on 5 May 2023, more than 120 countries agreed to add 2 plastic chemicals and one pesticide to the Conventions lis...
UN Publishes the Tenth Revised Edition of GHS
Aug 08, 2023
On 27 July 2023, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 10th revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS10). Th...
Bangladesh notifies two draft food safety regulations to the WTO
Aug 05, 2023
On 14 July 2023 the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (Ministry of Food) notified two draft food safety regulations to the World Trade Organization (WTO): the Draft Food Safety (Chemical Contaminants a...
31 CMRs have been prohibited for use in cosmetics by the European Commission
Aug 03, 2023
On 19 July 2023, the European Commission amended Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament. The new regulation will prohibit the use of 31 carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduc...
A draft revised standard for Glauber salt is open for consultation in India
Aug 03, 2023
On 6 July 2023 the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published a draft revised standard for Glauber salt (sodium sulphate, decahydrate). The last date for comments is 7 September 2023. In 1950, th...
South Korea keeps working to harmonize Global Regulations for Toxicity Assessment
Aug 02, 2023
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) takes part in the WNT (Working Group of the National Coordinators for the Test Guidelines Programme) meetin...
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