Feb 08, 2023 | India extends Quality Control Order Enforcement Date for 10 substances
The Central Government of India has extended the enforcement date for 10 substances under the Quality Control Order (QCO). The amended enforcement dates were published in the Indian Gazette on 2 Febru...
Feb 06, 2023 | A new simplified procedure for the registration of cosmetics in Brazil is now applicable
On 26 December 2022 the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published Resolution RDC 772/2022 which provides a new simplified procedure for the registration of personal hygiene prod...
Mexico announces changes in its regulation regarding cosmetics perfumes and products for personal and home care industry.
Feb 06, 2023
The Secretariat of Health of Mexico through the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) indicated that regulations on cosmetics, perfumes and products for the personal ...
China published notification on optimizing cosmetic record filling procedure
Feb 03, 2023
On 18th Jan. 2023, National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) published a notification on simplifying normal cosmetic products tests requirement for record filling procedure. This notif...
Regulation on the Export and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Has Been Published
Feb 02, 2023
The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and Climate Change of Turkey published the "Regulation on the Export and Import of Certain Hazardous Chemicals" on 28 January 2023 in order to comply with ...
EU discussion: Exemption for Lead Use in Certain Electrical Equipment Components
Feb 02, 2023
In relation to the EU's RoHS Directive, the European Commission stated on January 16, 2023, that it is looking for comments from interested parties on a request for an exemption for lead in polyvi...
Turkey is Officially a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Jan 30, 2023
Mercury is one of the most dangerous heavy metals. Because of this, the "Minamata Convention on Mercury" was prepared under the leadership of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in order t...
ECHA announces changes to completeness checks of REACH registrations.
Jan 29, 2023
On 23 January 2023 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that they will start checking both new registrations and updates to existing registrations of chemicals under REACH against revised re...
16 product categories to be added under QCO in 2023-24 India
Jan 28, 2023
On 20 December 2022 the Indian Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued a notice for bringing 50 products under the 16 categories of mandatory quality control orders (QCO...
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
Jan 09, 2023
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-RE...
South Korea updates the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals K-REACH
Jan 04, 2023
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updates the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on Jan 3rd, 2023. This is to clarify requirement of the notification of changes f...
Submit your email ID to receive notifications about upcoming courses and events
