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Jun 07, 2022 | BIS Draft Standard for Tooth Whitening and Bleaching Products

A draft standard was issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on May 6, 2022, for tooth whitening and bleaching products. The authorities invite comments till July 5, 2022.  The standard pr...

BIS Packaging Test methods
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Jun 07, 2022 | A New Regulatory Proposal Coming in California

The overhaul to “short form” warnings under Prop 65 is temporarily paused in California, the US. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has decided to keep on hold this contr...

Chemical notification/ registration Hazard assessment Labelling
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5 Mandatory Standards for Food Contact Materials in Thailand
Jun 07, 2022

Thailand published some new requirements regarding Food Contact Materials (FCMs) which will enter into force on January 3, 2023. The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) published these five man...

Conformity assessment Plastics Restricted use Compliance strategy
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2022 Japan GHS Revision
Jun 07, 2022

Japanese standards on chemical classification, labelling and safety data sheets (SDSs), JIS Z 7252 and JIS Z 7253, have been aligned with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Rev.6.Until May, 24, 2022...

GHS Labelling Safety data sheets (SDSs) Substance & mixture classification
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France proposes a new harmonized CLH registry
Jun 03, 2022

According to ECHA, France submitted a new Harmonised Classification and Labelling (CLH) registry proposal of fluoroethylene (EC 200-832-6, CAS 75-02-5) in May 2022. The dossier to this intention regis...

Human health exposure Labelling Substance & mixture classification
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Consultation on 5 Proposed Persistent Organic Pollutants Substances
Jun 03, 2022

Following the proposal of five new Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), interested parties are now invited to comment on the draft regarding the respective substances listed below. These substances w...

POPs Risk management Compliance strategy
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Updates on the German Proposed Restriction for PFHxA
Jun 03, 2022

Recently, the opinions of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) were made available publicly on the ECHA website for undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA). An initial ...

EU REACH Restricted use Risk assessment
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Withdrawal of Interest in Substance Application for Biocides Review Programme
Jun 03, 2022

According to ECHA, the once selected substance silver-polyethylenimine-chloride, as a new chemical to join in the biocides review programme now needs some new concerned business bodies to continue its...

Biocides Chemical notification/ registration Human health exposure
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ECHA intends to identify an SVHC in Belgium and France
Jun 03, 2022

According to ECHA, there is a new intention to identify a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) from Belgium together with France. The substance of interest is 4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol (i.e. Bisphen...

Ecotoxicology SVHC Hazardous chemicals
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Vietnam plans to change rules for restricted chemicals
Jun 03, 2022

Consultation on the proposed amendments to the Vietnamese rules on their restricted chemical licences, labelling, management logbooks, and annual reporting deadlines is currently ongoing until June 26...

Labelling Restricted use Safety data sheets (SDSs)
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UK REACH and CLP Laws in Consolidated Texts
Jun 03, 2022

Consolidated versions of UK REACH and Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) legislation were published, including the incorporation of amendments made to EU regulations covering post-Brexit na...

Brexit CLP Chemical Framework

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