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Jun 17, 2025 | Japan’s Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs) effective from 1 June 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...
Jun 17, 2025 | GHS Brazil: Update Published for ABNT NBR14725 Standard
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...
South Korea Proposes a New Draft Regulation for Substances Subject to Preparation of Accidents
Jun 13, 2025
On June 11, 2025, South Korea published a draft regulation under the Chemical Substances Control Act (K-CCA) concerning the chemical safety framework. This action follows the restructuring of the toxi...
EPA Proposes Extension of Methylene Chloride Compliance Deadline under TSCA
Jun 13, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed extending the compliance deadlines under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain entities regulated for their use of methylene chlori...
Thailand notifies WTO of draft regulation mandating safety standards for stainless steel food utensils
Jun 12, 2025
The Thailand Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Ministerial Regulation mandating that stainless steel utensils for food must conform to Th...
Argentina Eases Import Rules on Cosmetics and Hygiene Products
Jun 12, 2025
Argentina’s national medicines and food regulator (ANMAT) has announced sweeping changes to its import procedures, lifting pre-authorization requirements for a range of consumer health products in a b...
UK Introduces Interim Approach to PMT/vPvM Concept for Managing PFAS under UK REACH
Jun 12, 2025
On 4 June 2025, the UK Government published an interim position statement detailing how the concepts of persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT), and very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances will b...
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