Apr 25, 2023 | Taiwan’s EPA updates guidelines for dossier registration
On 24 March 2023 Taiwan’s EPA published the updated Guidance for New and Existing Chemical Substance Phase One Registration and Guidance on Chemical Substances Hazard and Exposure Assessment. The up...
Apr 26, 2023 | South Korea consults on a draft amendment for the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling under the Act on Registra...
South Korea consults on a draft amendment for Designation of Toxic Substances
Apr 26, 2023
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of Designation of Toxic Substances under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (...
South Korea consults on a draft amendment for the Regulation on test methods for chemical substances
Apr 20, 2023
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of the Regulation on test methods for chemical substances under the Act on Registration and Ev...
South Korea provides an update on test methods for determining the shelf life of biocidal products
Apr 17, 2023
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea plans to evaluate biocidal products for the approval of biocidal substance and biocidal products under the Consumer Chemical Prod...
California suggests altering Proposition 65 to lower the NSRL for ethylene oxide.
Apr 26, 2023
On 7 April 2023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed lowering the "No Significant Risk Level" (NSRL) for ethylene oxide under the Safe Drinking Water and T...
China Calls for Industry Opinions on Expanding the Scope of Allowed Substance in FCMs
Apr 26, 2023
China’s National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) has called for industry feedback on draft national safety standard on food contact materials to include more polymers and food ingredie...
13 PFASs will no longer be allowed in cosmetics in Thailand.
Apr 26, 2023
On 12 March 2023 Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to outlaw the use of 13 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) despite the fact that none of the 13 substanc...
Japan considers removing 8 and will add 6 substances to the Priority Assessment Chemicals list
Apr 26, 2023
In a notice published on 27 March 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the ministries of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and Environment (MOE) announced that they will ...
India extends Quality Control Order Enforcement Date for 10 Substances on Two Occasions
Apr 25, 2023
In April 2023 the Central Government of India published two notices in the Indian Gazette delaying the start date for the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for the 10 substances listed in the table below....
ECHA Publishes Guidance Related to the New CLP Hazards Classes
Apr 25, 2023
On 20 April 2023 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published details about application dates and other information related to the new CLP Hazard Classes that came into force on that same date. T...
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