May 18, 2022 | India extends QCO Enforcement for three substances
On the 13th of May 2022, the Central Government of India extended the enforcement date for three substances under the Quality Control Order (QCO). The Quality Control Order is the regulation that ...
May 17, 2022 | Recent Grant Updates for BIS
Recently, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published several updates for BIS standards. The updates address the following: Grant of All India First License for “Plastic-Acrylonitrile...
Thailand Restricts Phthalates in Toy Products
May 17, 2022
On March 25, 2022, a regulation mandating toys to conform with the Thai industrial standard for toys, TIS 685 Part 1-2562 (2019) Toys: Safety requirements Part 1 – Requirements, was published in the...
Taiwan bans PVC IN FCMS from 2023
May 16, 2022
To prevent and handle the environmental and health concerns arising from the use of the substance; polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in Food Contact Materials (FCMs), Taiwanese authority is making efforts to b...
EFSA and ECHA assessment of glyphosate to be pushed back to mid-2023
May 13, 2022
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) announced on May 10, 2022, that an ongoing assessment of the health and environmental risks of glyphosate will be...
Taiwan releases question-and-answer checklist for SDS
May 12, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor of Taiwan released a question-and-answer format of the SDS checklist on April 21, 2022. This is to encourage the downstream users a...
European Commission publishes a new glossary
May 12, 2022
The European Commission updates the glossary of ingredient names commonly used in cosmetics production. This was done to correct the names of ingredients that were written incorrectly while some were ...
ECHA Recommends Restriction of Bisphenols
May 11, 2022
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), together with the Member States reviewed a group of 148 bisphenols, of which 38 bisphenols have potential reprotoxic or hormonal effects. Bisphenols are common...
India issues a trimethyl phosphite Quality Control Order
May 09, 2022
On April 5, 2022, a Quality Control Order (QCO) for a national standard covering the intermediate trimethyl phosphite has been released in India. Published by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), man...
European Commission bans PFOA export
May 09, 2022
Exports and products involved with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salt forms, and PFOA-related compounds are banned after the European Commission makes addition to Annex V of the Prior Informed Co...
European Union introduces new restrictions on the use of formaldehyde
May 09, 2022
On May 2, 2022, the European Union released a draft to amend Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. The new amendment mainly concerns articles in which production includes the use of formaldehyde...
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